#C5BC33#C5BC33

#C5BC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC33
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -12.05, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 66.88, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0402 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6085, 48.0774, 10.2195)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC33 #333CC5

analogous

#C57333 #C5BC33 #85C533

triadic

#C5BC33 #33C5BC #BC33C5

tetradic

#C5BC33 #33C573 #333CC5 #C53385

square

#C5BC33 #33C573 #333CC5 #C53385

split-complementary

#C5BC33 #3385C5 #7333C5

monochromatic

#645F1A #948E26 #C5BC33 #D6CE5F #E2DD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C5BC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC33

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC33	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)

#CDB517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf75',
    500: '#c5bc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc33;
$custom-light: #dacf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC33

secondary

#878BCD

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC33

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

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