#C5B751#C5B751

#C5B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B751
RGB	rgb(197, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -7.74, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 53.09, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0248 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4461, 46.3330, 14.5430)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B751 #515FC5

analogous

#C57D51 #C5B751 #99C551

triadic

#C5B751 #51C5B7 #B751C5

tetradic

#C5B751 #51C57D #515FC5 #C55199

square

#C5B751 #51C57D #515FC5 #C55199

split-complementary

#C5B751 #5199C5 #7D51C5

monochromatic

#756B27 #A39636 #C5B751 #D4CA7F #E4DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C5B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C5B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B751

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B751	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc85',
    500: '#c5b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b751;
$custom-light: #d9cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77114,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B751

secondary

#A0A6D1

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B751

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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