#C5BB52#C5BB52

#C5BB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB52
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -9.74, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 54.16, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0304 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3207, 48.0216, 15.0208)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB52 #525CC5

analogous

#C58252 #C5BB52 #95C552

triadic

#C5BB52 #52C5BB #BB52C5

tetradic

#C5BB52 #52C582 #525CC5 #C55295

square

#C5BB52 #52C582 #525CC5 #C55295

split-complementary

#C5BB52 #5295C5 #8252C5

monochromatic

#756F27 #A39A37 #C5BB52 #D4CD80 #E4DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C5BB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB52

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf86',
    500: '#c5bb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb52;
$custom-light: #d9cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB52

secondary

#A1A5D2

accent

#5BD94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB52

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

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