#C5BB33#C5BB33

#C5BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.149 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB33
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -11.53, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 66.54, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0388 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.149 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3956, 47.6516, 10.1485)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB33 #333DC5

analogous

#C57233 #C5BB33 #86C533

triadic

#C5BB33 #33C5BB #BB33C5

tetradic

#C5BB33 #33C572 #333DC5 #C53386

square

#C5BB33 #33C572 #333DC5 #C53386

split-complementary

#C5BB33 #3386C5 #7233C5

monochromatic

#645F1A #948D26 #C5BB33 #D6CE5F #E2DD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#C5BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB33

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB33	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)

#CCB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.149 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf75',
    500: '#c5bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb33;
$custom-light: #dacf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77712,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB33

secondary

#878CCD

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB33

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

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