#C5C170#C5C170

#C5C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.103 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C170
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 43.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -10.19, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 42.40, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0286 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.103 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.0214, 51.1812, 22.8334)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C170 #7074C5

analogous

#C59670 #C5C170 #9FC570

triadic

#C5C170 #70C5C1 #C170C5

tetradic

#C5C170 #70C596 #7074C5 #C5709F

square

#C5C170 #70C596 #7074C5 #C5709F

split-complementary

#C5C170 #709FC5 #9670C5

monochromatic

#858136 #B0AB48 #C5C170 #D7D49C #E8E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C5C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C170

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C170	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.103 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d39a',
    500: '#c5c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c170;
$custom-light: #d8d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 42.289,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79635,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.5118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C170

secondary

#4C4F8D

accent

#36B530

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C170

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

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