#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
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -11.77, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 64.78, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0389 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7494, 48.1337, 10.9617)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C5BC39	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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