#C5B949#C5B949

#C5B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B949
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -9.33, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 57.35, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0302 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5791, 47.0509, 13.1936)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B949 #4955C5

analogous

#C57B49 #C5B949 #93C549

triadic

#C5B949 #49C5B9 #B949C5

tetradic

#C5B949 #49C57B #4955C5 #C54993

square

#C5B949 #49C57B #4955C5 #C54993

split-complementary

#C5B949 #4993C5 #7B49C5

monochromatic

#706924 #9E9432 #C5B949 #D4CB77 #E3DDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C5B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C5B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B949

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B949	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd81',
    500: '#c5b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b949;
$custom-light: #dacd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77457,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B949

secondary

#9A9FD0

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B949

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

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