#C5BA3D#C5BA3D

#C5BA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.142 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA3D
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -10.54, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 62.58, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.035 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4289, 47.3267, 11.3667)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA3D #3D48C5

analogous

#C5763D #C5BA3D #8CC53D

triadic

#C5BA3D #3DC5BA #BA3DC5

tetradic

#C5BA3D #3DC576 #3D48C5 #C53D8C

square

#C5BA3D #3DC576 #3D48C5 #C53D8C

split-complementary

#C5BA3D #3D8CC5 #763DC5

monochromatic

#68621F #988F2D #C5BA3D #D3CB6C #E1DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C5BA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA3D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA3D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace7a',
    500: '#c5ba3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba3d;
$custom-light: #dace7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77568,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA3D

secondary

#9196CD

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA3D

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

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