#C5BC41#C5BC41

#C5BC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC41
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -11.35, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 61.74, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0368 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9649, 48.2199, 12.0969)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC41 #414AC5

analogous

#C57A41 #C5BC41 #8CC541

triadic

#C5BC41 #41C5BC #BC41C5

tetradic

#C5BC41 #41C57A #414AC5 #C5418C

square

#C5BC41 #41C57A #414AC5 #C5418C

split-complementary

#C5BC41 #418CC5 #7A41C5

monochromatic

#6B6621 #9A932F #C5BC41 #D3CD70 #E2DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C5BC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC41

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC41	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)

#CCB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7c',
    500: '#c5bc41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc41;
$custom-light: #dacf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC41

secondary

#9498CE

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC41

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

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