#C5BC46#C5BC46

#C5BC46 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 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC46
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -11.06, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 59.72, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0355 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.1162, 48.2805, 12.8937)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC46 #464FC5

analogous

#C57D46 #C5BC46 #8FC546

triadic

#C5BC46 #46C5BC #BC46C5

tetradic

#C5BC46 #46C57D #464FC5 #C5468F

square

#C5BC46 #46C57D #464FC5 #C5468F

split-complementary

#C5BC46 #468FC5 #7D46C5

monochromatic

#6E6923 #9D9531 #C5BC46 #D4CD75 #E2DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C5BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC46

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC46	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf7f',
    500: '#c5bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc46;
$custom-light: #dacf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC46

secondary

#989CCF

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC46

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

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