#C5BB45#C5BB45

#C5BB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB45
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -10.61, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 59.76, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0343 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8720, 47.8422, 12.6579)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB45 #454FC5

analogous

#C57B45 #C5BB45 #8FC545

triadic

#C5BB45 #45C5BB #BB45C5

tetradic

#C5BB45 #45C57B #454FC5 #C5458F

square

#C5BB45 #45C57B #454FC5 #C5458F

split-complementary

#C5BB45 #458FC5 #7B45C5

monochromatic

#6D6822 #9C9431 #C5BB45 #D4CC74 #E2DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C5BB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB45

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB45	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7e',
    500: '#c5bb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb45;
$custom-light: #dacf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB45

secondary

#979BCF

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB45

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

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