#C5BC31#C5BC31

#C5BC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.151 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC31
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -12.13, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 67.55, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0406 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.151 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5653, 48.0601, 9.9922)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC31 #313AC5

analogous

#C57231 #C5BC31 #84C531

triadic

#C5BC31 #31C5BC #BC31C5

tetradic

#C5BC31 #31C572 #313AC5 #C53184

square

#C5BC31 #31C572 #313AC5 #C53184

split-complementary

#C5BC31 #3184C5 #7231C5

monochromatic

#635E19 #948D25 #C5BC31 #D7CF5D #E3DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C5BC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC31

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC31	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.151 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf74',
    500: '#c5bc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc31;
$custom-light: #dacf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC31

secondary

#8589CD

accent

#4EE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC31

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

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