All About Color #C5B520

#C5B520

About #C5B520

#C5B520 is a medium yellow color with the hex code #C5B520. In RGB it is red 197, green 181, blue 32; in HSL it is hue 54°, saturation 72%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 0%, 8%, 84%, 23%. Its contrast ratio is 2.10:1 on white and 10.00:1 on black.

#C5B520 Color Conversion

Hex tripletC5, B5, 20
CMYK0.00%, 8.12%, 83.76%, 22.75%
RGB Decimal197, 181, 32
HSL54°, 72%, 45%
RGB Octal305, 265, 40
HSV (HSB)54.18°, 83.76%, 77.25%
RGB Binary11000101, 10110101, 100000
CIE-L*AB72.91, -9.12, 69.67
RGB Percent77.25%, 70.98%, 12.55%
CIE-L*CH72.91, 70.26, 97.46
XYZ39.81, 45.02, 7.96
CIE-L*UV72.91, 16.73, 75.80
xyY0.43, 0.49, 45.02
Hunter-Lab67.10, -11.52, 39.94
RYB19.50%, 77.25%, 12.55%

Color Accessibility Scores

#C5B520 on a dark background: contrast 10.00:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#C5B520 on a light background: contrast 2.10:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #C5B520, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#C5B520 · #E5D75D · #766D13 · #2031C5 · #5D6AE5

Analogous palette

#C52031 · #C56220 · #C5B520 · #83C520 · #31C520

Triadic palette

#C5B520 · #20C5B5 · #B520C5 · #E5D75D · #5DE5D7

Tetradic palette

#C5B520 · #20C562 · #2031C5 · #C52083 · #766D13

Monochromatic palette

#423C0B · #847915 · #C5B520 · #E2D450 · #EDE491

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