#C5BC47#C5BC47

#C5BC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC47
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -11.00, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 59.30, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0352 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1481, 48.2932, 13.0614)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC47 #4750C5

analogous

#C57D47 #C5BC47 #8FC547

triadic

#C5BC47 #47C5BC #BC47C5

tetradic

#C5BC47 #47C57D #4750C5 #C5478F

square

#C5BC47 #47C57D #4750C5 #C5478F

split-complementary

#C5BC47 #478FC5 #7D47C5

monochromatic

#6F6923 #9D9632 #C5BC47 #D4CD76 #E2DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C5BC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC47

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC47	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)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf80',
    500: '#c5bc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc47;
$custom-light: #dacf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78078,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC47

secondary

#999CCF

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC47

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

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