#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
RGBrgb(197, 188, 69)
HSLhsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.99, -11.12, 59.09)
CIE-LCHlch(74.99, 60.13, 100.66°)
OKLaboklab(78.06% -0.0358 0.1336)
OKLCHoklch(78.06% 0.138 105)
XYZxyz(42.0849, 48.2679, 12.7289)
Luminance0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C5BC451.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#C5BC45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva