#C5BB39#C5BB39

#C5BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB39
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -11.26, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 64.43, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0374 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5365, 47.7080, 10.8907)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB39 #3943C5

analogous

#C57539 #C5BB39 #89C539

triadic

#C5BB39 #39C5BB #BB39C5

tetradic

#C5BB39 #39C575 #3943C5 #C53989

square

#C5BB39 #39C575 #3943C5 #C53989

split-complementary

#C5BB39 #3989C5 #7539C5

monochromatic

#66611E #968E2B #C5BB39 #D3CC68 #E1DC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C5BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB39

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB39	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)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf78',
    500: '#c5bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb39;
$custom-light: #dacf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77752,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB39

secondary

#8D92CD

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB39

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

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