#C5BC37#C5BC37

#C5BC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC37
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -11.87, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 65.50, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0393 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7005, 48.1142, 10.7041)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC37 #3740C5

analogous

#C57537 #C5BC37 #87C537

triadic

#C5BC37 #37C5BC #BC37C5

tetradic

#C5BC37 #37C575 #3740C5 #C53787

square

#C5BC37 #37C575 #3740C5 #C53787

split-complementary

#C5BC37 #3787C5 #7537C5

monochromatic

#65611C #958E2A #C5BC37 #D4CD65 #E1DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C5BC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC37

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC37	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)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c5bc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc37;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77952,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC37

secondary

#8B8FCD

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC37

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

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