#C5BC39#C5BC39

#C5BC39 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 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5BC39
RGBrgb(197, 188, 57)
HSLhsl(56, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(56, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.91, -11.77, 63.70)
CIE-LCHlch(74.91, 64.78, 100.47°)
OKLaboklab(77.97% -0.0389 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(77.97% 0.147 105.4)
XYZxyz(41.7494, 48.1337, 10.9617)
Luminance0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5BC39 #3942C5
analogous
#C57639 #C5BC39 #88C539
triadic
#C5BC39 #39C5BC #BC39C5
tetradic
#C5BC39 #39C576 #3942C5 #C53988
square
#C5BC39 #39C576 #3942C5 #C53988
split-complementary
#C5BC39 #3988C5 #7639C5
monochromatic
#66611E #968F2B #C5BC39 #D3CC68 #E1DC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#C5BC39 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63
#C5BC39 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC39
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5BC39#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5BC391.001.9810.6310.63
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6321.001.001.00
##00000010.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB523
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4AFA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5bc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.147 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf78',
    500: '#c5bc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5bc39;
$custom-light: #dacf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5bc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5BC39
secondary
#8D91CD
accent
#53DE49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC39

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#C5BC39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva