#C5B833#C5B833

#C5B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B833
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -9.99, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 65.54, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0344 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.147 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7658, 46.3920, 9.9386)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B833 #3340C5

analogous

#C56F33 #C5B833 #89C533

triadic

#C5B833 #33C5B8 #B833C5

tetradic

#C5B833 #33C56F #3340C5 #C53389

square

#C5B833 #33C56F #3340C5 #C53389

split-complementary

#C5B833 #3389C5 #6F33C5

monochromatic

#645D1A #948B26 #C5B833 #D6CB5F #E2DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C5B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B833

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B833	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c5b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b833;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77071,
    "c": 0.14656,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B833

secondary

#878DCD

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B833

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

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