#C5BB56#C5BB56

#C5BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BB56
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -9.44, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 52.34, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0291 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4774, 48.0843, 15.8460)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BB56 #5660C5

analogous

#C58456 #C5BB56 #97C556

triadic

#C5BB56 #56C5BB #BB56C5

tetradic

#C5BB56 #56C584 #5660C5 #C55697

square

#C5BB56 #56C584 #5660C5 #C55697

split-complementary

#C5BB56 #5697C5 #8456C5

monochromatic

#787029 #A59B39 #C5BB56 #D5CD84 #E4E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C5BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BB56

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BB56	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf89',
    500: '#c5bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bb56;
$custom-light: #d9cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78017,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BB56

secondary

#A4A8D3

accent

#5CD84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BB56

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

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