#C5BC3E#C5BC3E

#C5BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC3E
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -11.52, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 62.91, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0376 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8803, 48.1861, 11.6513)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC3E #3E47C5

analogous

#C5783E #C5BC3E #8AC53E

triadic

#C5BC3E #3EC5BC #BC3EC5

tetradic

#C5BC3E #3EC578 #3E47C5 #C53E8A

square

#C5BC3E #3EC578 #3E47C5 #C53E8A

split-complementary

#C5BC3E #3E8AC5 #783EC5

monochromatic

#696420 #98912E #C5BC3E #D3CC6D #E1DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C5BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC3E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC3E	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7b',
    500: '#c5bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc3e;
$custom-light: #dacf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78003,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC3E

secondary

#9195CD

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC3E

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

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