#C5B930#C5B930

#C5B930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.149 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B930
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -10.64, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 66.88, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0365 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9102, 46.7833, 9.6709)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B930 #303CC5

analogous

#C56F30 #C5B930 #86C530

triadic

#C5B930 #30C5B9 #B930C5

tetradic

#C5B930 #30C56F #303CC5 #C53086

square

#C5B930 #30C56F #303CC5 #C53086

split-complementary

#C5B930 #3086C5 #6F30C5

monochromatic

#635D18 #948B24 #C5B930 #D7CD5B #E3DC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C5B930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C5B930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B930

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B930	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd73',
    500: '#c5b930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b930;
$custom-light: #dbcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B930

secondary

#8489CD

accent

#51E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B930

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

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