#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
RGBrgb(197, 188, 54)
HSLhsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.89, -11.91, 64.76)
CIE-LCHlch(74.89, 65.85, 100.42°)
OKLaboklab(77.95% -0.0395 0.143)
OKLCHoklch(77.95% 0.148 105.5)
XYZxyz(41.6767, 48.1047, 10.5791)
Luminance0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C5BC361.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C5BC36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva