#C5B837#C5B837

#C5B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B837
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -9.81, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 64.13, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0335 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.144 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8578, 46.4288, 10.4232)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B837 #3744C5

analogous

#C57137 #C5B837 #8BC537

triadic

#C5B837 #37C5B8 #B837C5

tetradic

#C5B837 #37C571 #3744C5 #C5378B

square

#C5B837 #37C571 #3744C5 #C5378B

split-complementary

#C5B837 #378BC5 #7137C5

monochromatic

#655F1C #958B2A #C5B837 #D4CA65 #E1DA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C5B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B837

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B837	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd77',
    500: '#c5b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b837;
$custom-light: #dacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B837

secondary

#8B91CD

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B837

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

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