#C5BB31#C5BB31

#C5BB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB31
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -11.62, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 67.21, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0392 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3524, 47.6343, 9.9212)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB31 #313BC5

analogous

#C57131 #C5BB31 #85C531

triadic

#C5BB31 #31C5BB #BB31C5

tetradic

#C5BB31 #31C571 #313BC5 #C53185

square

#C5BB31 #31C571 #313BC5 #C53185

split-complementary

#C5BB31 #3185C5 #7131C5

monochromatic

#635E19 #948C25 #C5BB31 #D7CE5D #E3DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#C5BB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB31

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB31	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf74',
    500: '#c5bb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb31;
$custom-light: #dacf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.777,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB31

secondary

#858ACD

accent

#4FE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB31

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

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