#C5BB42#C5BB42

#C5BB42 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	#C5BB42
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -10.78, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 60.98, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0351 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7813, 47.8059, 12.1798)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB42 #424CC5

analogous

#C57A42 #C5BB42 #8EC542

triadic

#C5BB42 #42C5BB #BB42C5

tetradic

#C5BB42 #42C57A #424CC5 #C5428E

square

#C5BB42 #42C57A #424CC5 #C5428E

split-complementary

#C5BB42 #428EC5 #7A42C5

monochromatic

#6C6621 #9A922F #C5BB42 #D3CC71 #E2DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C5BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB42

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7d',
    500: '#c5bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb42;
$custom-light: #dacf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB42

secondary

#9599CE

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB42

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

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