#C5BA37#C5BA37

#C5BA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.146 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA37
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -10.84, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 64.81, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0364 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.146 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2762, 47.2656, 10.5626)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA37 #3742C5

analogous

#C57337 #C5BA37 #89C537

triadic

#C5BA37 #37C5BA #BA37C5

tetradic

#C5BA37 #37C573 #3742C5 #C53789

square

#C5BA37 #37C573 #3742C5 #C53789

split-complementary

#C5BA37 #3789C5 #7337C5

monochromatic

#65601C #958D2A #C5BA37 #D4CB65 #E1DB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C5BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA37

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA37	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)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.146 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace77',
    500: '#c5ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba37;
$custom-light: #dace77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77525,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA37

secondary

#8B90CD

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA37

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

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