#C5BB35#C5BB35

#C5BB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB35
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -11.45, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 65.86, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0383 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.4406, 47.6696, 10.3857)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB35 #353FC5

analogous

#C57335 #C5BB35 #87C535

triadic

#C5BB35 #35C5BB #BB35C5

tetradic

#C5BB35 #35C573 #353FC5 #C53587

square

#C5BB35 #35C573 #353FC5 #C53587

split-complementary

#C5BB35 #3587C5 #7335C5

monochromatic

#655F1B #958D28 #C5BB35 #D5CD62 #E2DC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#C5BB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB35

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB35	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)

#CCB41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c5bb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb35;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77725,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB35

secondary

#898ECD

accent

#52E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB35

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

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