#C5BC44#C5BC44

#C5BC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC44
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -11.18, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 60.54, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.036 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.0542, 48.2556, 12.5668)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC44 #444DC5

analogous

#C57C44 #C5BC44 #8EC544

triadic

#C5BC44 #44C5BC #BC44C5

tetradic

#C5BC44 #44C57C #444DC5 #C5448E

square

#C5BC44 #44C57C #444DC5 #C5448E

split-complementary

#C5BC44 #448EC5 #7C44C5

monochromatic

#6D6822 #9C9430 #C5BC44 #D3CD73 #E2DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C5BC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC44

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC44	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7e',
    500: '#c5bc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc44;
$custom-light: #dacf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78052,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC44

secondary

#969ACF

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC44

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

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