#C5B933#C5B933

#C5B933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B933
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -10.51, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 65.87, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0359 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.147 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9742, 46.8089, 10.0080)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B933 #333FC5

analogous

#C57033 #C5B933 #88C533

triadic

#C5B933 #33C5B9 #B933C5

tetradic

#C5B933 #33C570 #333FC5 #C53388

square

#C5B933 #33C570 #333FC5 #C53388

split-complementary

#C5B933 #3388C5 #7033C5

monochromatic

#645E1A #948B26 #C5B933 #D6CC5F #E2DC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C5B933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C5B933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B933

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B933	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)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd75',
    500: '#c5b933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b933;
$custom-light: #dacd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77285,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B933

secondary

#878DCD

accent

#53E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B933

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

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