#C5B938#C5B938

#C5B938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B938
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -10.28, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 64.11, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0348 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0905, 46.8554, 10.6202)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B938 #3844C5

analogous

#C57338 #C5B938 #8AC538

triadic

#C5B938 #38C5B9 #B938C5

tetradic

#C5B938 #38C573 #3844C5 #C5388A

square

#C5B938 #38C573 #3844C5 #C5388A

split-complementary

#C5B938 #388AC5 #7338C5

monochromatic

#665F1D #958C2A #C5B938 #D4CA67 #E1DB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C5B938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C5B938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B938

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B938	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd77',
    500: '#c5b938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b938;
$custom-light: #dacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77318,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B938

secondary

#8C92CD

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B938

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

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