#C5BA3E#C5BA3E

#C5BA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA3E
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -10.49, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 62.20, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0347 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4560, 47.3375, 11.5099)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA3E #3E49C5

analogous

#C5763E #C5BA3E #8CC53E

triadic

#C5BA3E #3EC5BA #BA3EC5

tetradic

#C5BA3E #3EC576 #3E49C5 #C53E8C

square

#C5BA3E #3EC576 #3E49C5 #C53E8C

split-complementary

#C5BA3E #3E8CC5 #763EC5

monochromatic

#696320 #988F2E #C5BA3E #D3CB6D #E1DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C5BA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C5BA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA3E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA3E	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)

#CAB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace7a',
    500: '#c5ba3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba3e;
$custom-light: #dace7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA3E

secondary

#9196CD

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA3E

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

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