#C5B944#C5B944

#C5B944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B944
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -9.64, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 59.45, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0317 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4199, 46.9872, 12.3554)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B944 #4450C5

analogous

#C57944 #C5B944 #90C544

triadic

#C5B944 #44C5B9 #B944C5

tetradic

#C5B944 #44C579 #4450C5 #C54490

square

#C5B944 #44C579 #4450C5 #C54490

split-complementary

#C5B944 #4490C5 #7944C5

monochromatic

#6D6622 #9C9230 #C5B944 #D3CA73 #E2DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C5B944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C5B944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B944

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B944	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd7e',
    500: '#c5b944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b944;
$custom-light: #dacd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B944

secondary

#969BCF

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B944

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

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