#C5C16B#C5C16B

#C5C16B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.109 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C16B
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 45.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -10.69, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 44.86, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0305 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.109 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7507, 51.0729, 21.4078)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C16B #6B6FC5

analogous

#C5946B #C5C16B #9CC56B

triadic

#C5C16B #6BC5C1 #C16BC5

tetradic

#C5C16B #6BC594 #6B6FC5 #C56B9C

square

#C5C16B #6BC594 #6B6FC5 #C56B9C

split-complementary

#C5C16B #6B9CC5 #946BC5

monochromatic

#827F33 #AEAA44 #C5C16B #D6D397 #E7E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C5C16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C16B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C16B	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.109 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d397',
    500: '#c5c16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c16b;
$custom-light: #d8d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79562,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C16B

secondary

#4A4D8B

accent

#5AD354

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C16B

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

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