#C5B831#C5B831

#C5B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.148 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B831
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -10.08, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 66.22, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0349 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.148 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7226, 46.3747, 9.7113)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B831 #313EC5

analogous

#C56E31 #C5B831 #88C531

triadic

#C5B831 #31C5B8 #B831C5

tetradic

#C5B831 #31C56E #313EC5 #C53188

square

#C5B831 #31C56E #313EC5 #C53188

split-complementary

#C5B831 #3188C5 #6E31C5

monochromatic

#635C19 #948A25 #C5B831 #D7CC5D #E3DB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C5B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B831

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B831	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C9B214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.148 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c5b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b831;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.73,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B831

secondary

#858BCD

accent

#52E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B831

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

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