#C5BB3E#C5BB3E

#C5BB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB3E
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -11.00, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 62.55, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0362 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6674, 47.7603, 11.5803)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB3E #3E48C5

analogous

#C5783E #C5BB3E #8BC53E

triadic

#C5BB3E #3EC5BB #BB3EC5

tetradic

#C5BB3E #3EC578 #3E48C5 #C53E8B

square

#C5BB3E #3EC578 #3E48C5 #C53E8B

split-complementary

#C5BB3E #3E8BC5 #783EC5

monochromatic

#696420 #98902E #C5BB3E #D3CC6D #E1DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C5BB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB3E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB3E	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)

#CBB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7b',
    500: '#c5bb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb3e;
$custom-light: #dacf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77789,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB3E

secondary

#9196CD

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB3E

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

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