#C5BC36#C5BC36

#C5BC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC36
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -11.91, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 65.85, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0395 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.148 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6767, 48.1047, 10.5791)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC36 #363FC5

analogous

#C57536 #C5BC36 #87C536

triadic

#C5BC36 #36C5BC #BC36C5

tetradic

#C5BC36 #36C575 #363FC5 #C53687

square

#C5BC36 #36C575 #363FC5 #C53687

split-complementary

#C5BC36 #3687C5 #7536C5

monochromatic

#65601C #958E29 #C5BC36 #D4CD64 #E2DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C5BC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC36

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC36	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)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c5bc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc36;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77946,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC36

secondary

#8A8ECD

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC36

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

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