#C5BA36#C5BA36

#C5BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA36
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -10.89, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 65.16, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0367 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2525, 47.2561, 10.4377)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA36 #3641C5

analogous

#C57336 #C5BA36 #88C536

triadic

#C5BA36 #36C5BA #BA36C5

tetradic

#C5BA36 #36C573 #3641C5 #C53688

square

#C5BA36 #36C573 #3641C5 #C53688

split-complementary

#C5BA36 #3688C5 #7336C5

monochromatic

#655F1C #958D29 #C5BA36 #D4CC64 #E2DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C5BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA36

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA36	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace76',
    500: '#c5ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba36;
$custom-light: #dace76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA36

secondary

#8A8FCD

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA36

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

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