#C5B945#C5B945

#C5B945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B945
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -9.58, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 59.03, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0314 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4507, 46.9995, 12.5175)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B945 #4551C5

analogous

#C57945 #C5B945 #91C545

triadic

#C5B945 #45C5B9 #B945C5

tetradic

#C5B945 #45C579 #4551C5 #C54591

square

#C5B945 #45C579 #4551C5 #C54591

split-complementary

#C5B945 #4591C5 #7945C5

monochromatic

#6D6622 #9C9231 #C5B945 #D4CB74 #E2DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C5B945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C5B945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B945

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B945	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)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd7e',
    500: '#c5b945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b945;
$custom-light: #dacd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77421,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B945

secondary

#979CCF

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B945

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

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