#C5BC3C#C5BC3C

#C5BC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC3C
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -11.62, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 63.67, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0381 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.145 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8265, 48.1646, 11.3676)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC3C #3C45C5

analogous

#C5773C #C5BC3C #8AC53C

triadic

#C5BC3C #3CC5BC #BC3CC5

tetradic

#C5BC3C #3CC577 #3C45C5 #C53C8A

square

#C5BC3C #3CC577 #3C45C5 #C53C8A

split-complementary

#C5BC3C #3C8AC5 #773CC5

monochromatic

#68631F #97902D #C5BC3C #D3CC6B #E1DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C5BC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C5BC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC3C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC3C	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)

#CCB528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7a',
    500: '#c5bc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc3c;
$custom-light: #dacf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC3C

secondary

#9094CD

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC3C

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

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