#C5BB3B#C5BB3B

#C5BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.144 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB3B
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -11.16, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 63.69, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0369 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.144 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5874, 47.7283, 11.1587)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB3B #3B45C5

analogous

#C5763B #C5BB3B #8AC53B

triadic

#C5BB3B #3BC5BB #BB3BC5

tetradic

#C5BB3B #3BC576 #3B45C5 #C53B8A

square

#C5BB3B #3BC576 #3B45C5 #C53B8A

split-complementary

#C5BB3B #3B8AC5 #763BC5

monochromatic

#67621F #968F2C #C5BB3B #D3CB6A #E1DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C5BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB3B

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB3B	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf79',
    500: '#c5bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb3b;
$custom-light: #dacf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77767,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB3B

secondary

#8F94CD

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB3B

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

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