#C5BA4E#C5BA4E

#C5BA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BA4E
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -9.51, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 55.56, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0302 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9615, 47.5397, 14.1720)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BA4E #4E59C5

analogous

#C57F4E #C5BA4E #95C54E

triadic

#C5BA4E #4EC5BA #BA4EC5

tetradic

#C5BA4E #4EC57F #4E59C5 #C54E95

square

#C5BA4E #4EC57F #4E59C5 #C54E95

split-complementary

#C5BA4E #4E95C5 #7F4EC5

monochromatic

#736C26 #A19735 #C5BA4E #D4CC7C #E3DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C5BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C5BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BA4E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BA4E	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce84',
    500: '#c5ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ba4e;
$custom-light: #d9ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77719,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BA4E

secondary

#9EA3D1

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BA4E

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

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