#C5BC38#C5BC38

#C5BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC38
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -11.82, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 65.14, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0391 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7247, 48.1238, 10.8316)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC38 #3841C5

analogous

#C57538 #C5BC38 #88C538

triadic

#C5BC38 #38C5BC #BC38C5

tetradic

#C5BC38 #38C575 #3841C5 #C53888

square

#C5BC38 #38C575 #3841C5 #C53888

split-complementary

#C5BC38 #3888C5 #7538C5

monochromatic

#66611D #958F2A #C5BC38 #D4CD67 #E1DC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C5BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC38

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c5bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc38;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77959,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC38

secondary

#8C90CD

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC38

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

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