#C5BB36#C5BB36

#C5BB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.147 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB36
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -11.40, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 65.51, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0381 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.147 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.4639, 47.6789, 10.5082)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB36 #3640C5

analogous

#C57436 #C5BB36 #88C536

triadic

#C5BB36 #36C5BB #BB36C5

tetradic

#C5BB36 #36C574 #3640C5 #C53688

square

#C5BB36 #36C574 #3640C5 #C53688

split-complementary

#C5BB36 #3688C5 #7436C5

monochromatic

#65601C #958D29 #C5BB36 #D4CD64 #E2DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C5BB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB36

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB36	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.147 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c5bb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb36;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77732,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB36

secondary

#8A8FCD

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB36

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

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