#C5BC35#C5BC35

#C5BC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.149 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5BC35
RGBrgb(197, 188, 53)
HSLhsl(56, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.89, -11.96, 65.11)
CIE-LCHlch(74.89, 66.20, 100.41°)
OKLaboklab(77.94% -0.0398 0.1435)
OKLCHoklch(77.94% 0.149 105.5)
XYZxyz(41.6535, 48.0954, 10.4567)
Luminance0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5BC35 #353EC5
analogous
#C57435 #C5BC35 #86C535
triadic
#C5BC35 #35C5BC #BC35C5
tetradic
#C5BC35 #35C574 #353EC5 #C53586
square
#C5BC35 #35C574 #353EC5 #C53586
split-complementary
#C5BC35 #3586C5 #7435C5
monochromatic
#65601B #958E28 #C5BC35 #D5CE62 #E2DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#C5BC35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62
#C5BC35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC35
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5BC35#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5BC351.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB51B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4AFA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5bc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.149 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c5bc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5bc35;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5bc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77939,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5BC35
secondary
#898DCD
accent
#51E147
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C5BC35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva