#C5BB49#C5BB49

#C5BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB49
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -10.36, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 58.09, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0332 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0004, 47.8935, 13.3340)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB49 #4953C5

analogous

#C57D49 #C5BB49 #91C549

triadic

#C5BB49 #49C5BB #BB49C5

tetradic

#C5BB49 #49C57D #4953C5 #C54991

square

#C5BB49 #49C57D #4953C5 #C54991

split-complementary

#C5BB49 #4991C5 #7D49C5

monochromatic

#706A24 #9E9632 #C5BB49 #D4CC77 #E3DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C5BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C5BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB49

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB49	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf81',
    500: '#c5bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb49;
$custom-light: #dacf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB49

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB49

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

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