#C5B937#C5B937

#C5B937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.145 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B937
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -10.33, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 64.47, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.035 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.145 104)
XYZ	xyz(41.0663, 46.8457, 10.4927)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B937 #3743C5

analogous

#C57237 #C5B937 #8AC537

triadic

#C5B937 #37C5B9 #B937C5

tetradic

#C5B937 #37C572 #3743C5 #C5378A

square

#C5B937 #37C572 #3743C5 #C5378A

split-complementary

#C5B937 #378AC5 #7237C5

monochromatic

#655F1C #958C2A #C5B937 #D4CB65 #E1DB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C5B937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C5B937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B937

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B937	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.145 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd77',
    500: '#c5b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b937;
$custom-light: #dacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77311,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.46844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B937

secondary

#8B91CD

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B937

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

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