#C5BB37#C5BB37

#C5BB37 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	#C5BB37
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -11.35, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 65.15, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0379 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.147 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.4876, 47.6884, 10.6331)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB37 #3741C5

analogous

#C57437 #C5BB37 #88C537

triadic

#C5BB37 #37C5BB #BB37C5

tetradic

#C5BB37 #37C574 #3741C5 #C53788

square

#C5BB37 #37C574 #3741C5 #C53788

split-complementary

#C5BB37 #3788C5 #7437C5

monochromatic

#65601C #958E2A #C5BB37 #D4CC65 #E1DC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C5BB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB37

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB37	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)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.147 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c5bb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb37;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77738,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB37

secondary

#8B90CD

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB37

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

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