#C5B941#C5B941

#C5B941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B941
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -9.81, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 60.66, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0325 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3307, 46.9515, 11.8855)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B941 #414DC5

analogous

#C57741 #C5B941 #8FC541

triadic

#C5B941 #41C5B9 #B941C5

tetradic

#C5B941 #41C577 #414DC5 #C5418F

square

#C5B941 #41C577 #414DC5 #C5418F

split-complementary

#C5B941 #418FC5 #7741C5

monochromatic

#6B6421 #9A902F #C5B941 #D3CA70 #E2DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C5B941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C5B941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B941

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B941	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd7c',
    500: '#c5b941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b941;
$custom-light: #dacd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77387,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B941

secondary

#9499CE

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B941

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

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