#C5B841#C5B841

#C5B841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B841
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -9.30, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 60.31, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.031 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(41.1223, 46.5346, 11.8160)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B841 #414EC5

analogous

#C57641 #C5B841 #90C541

triadic

#C5B841 #41C5B8 #B841C5

tetradic

#C5B841 #41C576 #414EC5 #C54190

square

#C5B841 #41C576 #414EC5 #C54190

split-complementary

#C5B841 #4190C5 #7641C5

monochromatic

#6B6421 #9A8F2F #C5B841 #D3CA70 #E2DB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5B841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C5B841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B841

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B841	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd7c',
    500: '#c5b841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b841;
$custom-light: #dacd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.46533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B841

secondary

#949ACE

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B841

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

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