#C5BB4E#C5BB4E

#C5BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB4E
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -10.02, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 55.93, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0316 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1729, 47.9625, 14.2425)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB4E #4E58C5

analogous

#C5804E #C5BB4E #94C54E

triadic

#C5BB4E #4EC5BB #BB4EC5

tetradic

#C5BB4E #4EC580 #4E58C5 #C54E94

square

#C5BB4E #4EC580 #4E58C5 #C54E94

split-complementary

#C5BB4E #4E94C5 #804EC5

monochromatic

#736C26 #A19835 #C5BB4E #D4CD7C #E3DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C5BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB4E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB4E	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf84',
    500: '#c5bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb4e;
$custom-light: #d9cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77932,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB4E

secondary

#9EA2D1

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB4E

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

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