#C5BB51#C5BB51

#C5BB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB51
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -9.81, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 54.61, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0307 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2829, 48.0065, 14.8219)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB51 #515BC5

analogous

#C58151 #C5BB51 #95C551

triadic

#C5BB51 #51C5BB #BB51C5

tetradic

#C5BB51 #51C581 #515BC5 #C55195

square

#C5BB51 #51C581 #515BC5 #C55195

split-complementary

#C5BB51 #5195C5 #8151C5

monochromatic

#756E27 #A39936 #C5BB51 #D4CD7F #E4DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C5BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB51

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB51	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf86',
    500: '#c5bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb51;
$custom-light: #d9cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB51

secondary

#A0A5D1

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB51

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

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