#C5BC3F#C5BC3F

#C5BC3F 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	#C5BC3F
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -11.46, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 62.52, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0374 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9080, 48.1972, 11.7971)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC3F #3F48C5

analogous

#C5793F #C5BC3F #8BC53F

triadic

#C5BC3F #3FC5BC #BC3FC5

tetradic

#C5BC3F #3FC579 #3F48C5 #C53F8B

square

#C5BC3F #3FC579 #3F48C5 #C53F8B

split-complementary

#C5BC3F #3F8BC5 #793FC5

monochromatic

#6A6520 #99922E #C5BC3F #D3CC6E #E1DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C5BC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC3F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC3F	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)

#CCB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7b',
    500: '#c5bc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc3f;
$custom-light: #dacf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78011,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC3F

secondary

#9296CE

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC3F

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

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