#C5B836#C5B836

#C5B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B836
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -9.86, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 64.49, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0338 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8341, 46.4193, 10.2982)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B836 #3643C5

analogous

#C57036 #C5B836 #8BC536

triadic

#C5B836 #36C5B8 #B836C5

tetradic

#C5B836 #36C570 #3643C5 #C5368B

square

#C5B836 #36C570 #3643C5 #C5368B

split-complementary

#C5B836 #368BC5 #7036C5

monochromatic

#655E1C #958B29 #C5B836 #D4CA64 #E2DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C5B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B836

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B836	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)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd76',
    500: '#c5b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b836;
$custom-light: #dacd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77091,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B836

secondary

#8A90CD

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B836

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

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