#C5BB46#C5BB46

#C5BB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB46
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -10.55, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 59.35, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.034 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9034, 47.8547, 12.8228)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB46 #4650C5

analogous

#C57C46 #C5BB46 #8FC546

triadic

#C5BB46 #46C5BB #BB46C5

tetradic

#C5BB46 #46C57C #4650C5 #C5468F

square

#C5BB46 #46C57C #4650C5 #C5468F

split-complementary

#C5BB46 #468FC5 #7C46C5

monochromatic

#6E6823 #9D9431 #C5BB46 #D4CC75 #E2DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C5BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB46

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB46	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)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7f',
    500: '#c5bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb46;
$custom-light: #dacf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB46

secondary

#989CCF

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB46

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

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