#C5BB41#C5BB41

#C5BB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB41
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -10.84, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 61.38, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0354 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7520, 47.7942, 12.0259)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB41 #414BC5

analogous

#C57941 #C5BB41 #8DC541

triadic

#C5BB41 #41C5BB #BB41C5

tetradic

#C5BB41 #41C579 #414BC5 #C5418D

square

#C5BB41 #41C579 #414BC5 #C5418D

split-complementary

#C5BB41 #418DC5 #7941C5

monochromatic

#6B6521 #9A922F #C5BB41 #D3CC70 #E2DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C5BB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB41

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB41	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)

#CBB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7c',
    500: '#c5bb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb41;
$custom-light: #dacf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77813,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB41

secondary

#9498CE

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB41

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

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