#C5BA31#C5BA31

#C5BA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA31
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -11.11, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 66.88, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0378 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.149 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1410, 47.2115, 9.8508)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA31 #313CC5

analogous

#C57031 #C5BA31 #86C531

triadic

#C5BA31 #31C5BA #BA31C5

tetradic

#C5BA31 #31C570 #313CC5 #C53186

square

#C5BA31 #31C570 #313CC5 #C53186

split-complementary

#C5BA31 #3186C5 #7031C5

monochromatic

#635D19 #948C25 #C5BA31 #D7CE5D #E3DC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C5BA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA31

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA31	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace74',
    500: '#c5ba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba31;
$custom-light: #dace74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77486,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA31

secondary

#858ACD

accent

#50E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA31

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

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