#C5BC45#C5BC45

#C5BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC45
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -11.12, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 60.13, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0358 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.0849, 48.2679, 12.7289)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC45 #454EC5

analogous

#C57C45 #C5BC45 #8EC545

triadic

#C5BC45 #45C5BC #BC45C5

tetradic

#C5BC45 #45C57C #454EC5 #C5458E

square

#C5BC45 #45C57C #454EC5 #C5458E

split-complementary

#C5BC45 #458EC5 #7C45C5

monochromatic

#6D6822 #9C9531 #C5BC45 #D4CD74 #E2DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C5BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC45

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC45	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)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7f',
    500: '#c5bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc45;
$custom-light: #dacf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7806,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC45

secondary

#979BCF

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC45

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

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