#C5BC40#C5BC40

#C5BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5BC40
RGBrgb(197, 188, 64)
HSLhsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -11.41, 61.08)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 62.13, 100.58°)
OKLaboklab(78.02% -0.0371 0.1369)
OKLCHoklch(78.02% 0.142 105.2)
XYZxyz(41.9362, 48.2085, 11.9457)
Luminance0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5BC40 #4049C5
analogous
#C57940 #C5BC40 #8BC540
triadic
#C5BC40 #40C5BC #BC40C5
tetradic
#C5BC40 #40C579 #4049C5 #C5408B
square
#C5BC40 #40C579 #4049C5 #C5408B
split-complementary
#C5BC40 #408BC5 #7940C5
monochromatic
#6A6520 #99922F #C5BC40 #D3CC6F #E2DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C5BC40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#C5BC40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC40
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5BC40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5BC401.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB52E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 105.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7c',
    500: '#c5bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5bc40;
$custom-light: #dacf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5BC40
secondary
#9397CE
accent
#55DD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C5BC40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva