#C5B931#C5B931

#C5B931 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	#C5B931
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -10.59, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 66.55, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0363 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9311, 46.7917, 9.7808)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B931 #313DC5

analogous

#C56F31 #C5B931 #87C531

triadic

#C5B931 #31C5B9 #B931C5

tetradic

#C5B931 #31C56F #313DC5 #C53187

square

#C5B931 #31C56F #313DC5 #C53187

split-complementary

#C5B931 #3187C5 #6F31C5

monochromatic

#635D19 #948B25 #C5B931 #D7CD5D #E3DC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C5B931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C5B931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B931

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B931	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)

#CAB314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c5b931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b931;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B931

secondary

#858BCD

accent

#51E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B931

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

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