#C5BC43#C5BC43

#C5BC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC43
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -11.24, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 60.94, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0363 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0239, 48.2435, 12.4074)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC43 #434CC5

analogous

#C57B43 #C5BC43 #8DC543

triadic

#C5BC43 #43C5BC #BC43C5

tetradic

#C5BC43 #43C57B #434CC5 #C5438D

square

#C5BC43 #43C57B #434CC5 #C5438D

split-complementary

#C5BC43 #438DC5 #7B43C5

monochromatic

#6C6721 #9B9430 #C5BC43 #D3CD72 #E2DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C5BC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC43

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC43	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7d',
    500: '#c5bc43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc43;
$custom-light: #dacf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC43

secondary

#9599CE

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC43

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

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