#C5B936#C5B936

#C5B936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.146 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B936
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -10.38, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 64.83, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0352 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(41.0425, 46.8362, 10.3677)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B936 #3642C5

analogous

#C57236 #C5B936 #8AC536

triadic

#C5B936 #36C5B9 #B936C5

tetradic

#C5B936 #36C572 #3642C5 #C5368A

square

#C5B936 #36C572 #3642C5 #C5368A

split-complementary

#C5B936 #368AC5 #7236C5

monochromatic

#655F1C #958C29 #C5B936 #D4CB64 #E2DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C5B936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C5B936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B936

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B936	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd76',
    500: '#c5b936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b936;
$custom-light: #dacd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77304,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.46835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B936

secondary

#8A90CD

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B936

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

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