#C5BB38#C5BB38

#C5BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB38
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -11.31, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 64.79, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0377 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5118, 47.6981, 10.7606)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB38 #3842C5

analogous

#C57538 #C5BB38 #88C538

triadic

#C5BB38 #38C5BB #BB38C5

tetradic

#C5BB38 #38C575 #3842C5 #C53888

square

#C5BB38 #38C575 #3842C5 #C53888

split-complementary

#C5BB38 #3888C5 #7538C5

monochromatic

#66611D #958E2A #C5BB38 #D4CC67 #E1DC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C5BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB38

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c5bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb38;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77745,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB38

secondary

#8C91CD

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB38

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

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