#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
RGBrgb(197, 188, 55)
HSLhsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.90, -11.87, 64.41)
CIE-LCHlch(74.90, 65.50, 100.44°)
OKLaboklab(77.95% -0.0393 0.1424)
OKLCHoklch(77.95% 0.148 105.4)
XYZxyz(41.7005, 48.1142, 10.7041)
Luminance0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C5BC371.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C5BC37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva