#C5BB40#C5BB40

#C5BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB40
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -10.90, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 61.77, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0357 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7233, 47.7827, 11.8747)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB40 #404AC5

analogous

#C57840 #C5BB40 #8CC540

triadic

#C5BB40 #40C5BB #BB40C5

tetradic

#C5BB40 #40C578 #404AC5 #C5408C

square

#C5BB40 #40C578 #404AC5 #C5408C

split-complementary

#C5BB40 #408CC5 #7840C5

monochromatic

#6A6520 #99912F #C5BB40 #D3CC6F #E2DC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C5BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB40

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB40	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7c',
    500: '#c5bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb40;
$custom-light: #dacf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77805,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB40

secondary

#9397CE

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB40

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

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