#C5B951#C5B951

#C5B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B951
RGB	rgb(197, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -8.78, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 53.84, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0278 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8616, 47.1639, 14.6814)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B951 #515DC5

analogous

#C57F51 #C5B951 #97C551

triadic

#C5B951 #51C5B9 #B951C5

tetradic

#C5B951 #51C57F #515DC5 #C55197

square

#C5B951 #51C57F #515DC5 #C55197

split-complementary

#C5B951 #5197C5 #7F51C5

monochromatic

#756D27 #A39736 #C5B951 #D4CB7F #E4DEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C5B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B951

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B951	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd86',
    500: '#c5b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b951;
$custom-light: #d9cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B951

secondary

#A0A5D1

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B951

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

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