#C5BA38#C5BA38

#C5BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA38
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -10.79, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 64.45, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0362 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3004, 47.2753, 10.6902)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA38 #3843C5

analogous

#C57438 #C5BA38 #8AC538

triadic

#C5BA38 #38C5BA #BA38C5

tetradic

#C5BA38 #38C574 #3843C5 #C5388A

square

#C5BA38 #38C574 #3843C5 #C5388A

split-complementary

#C5BA38 #388AC5 #7438C5

monochromatic

#66601D #958D2A #C5BA38 #D4CB67 #E1DB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C5BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA38

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA38	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)

#CAB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace77',
    500: '#c5ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba38;
$custom-light: #dace77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77531,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA38

secondary

#8C91CD

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA38

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

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