#C5BC49#C5BC49

#C5BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC49
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -10.87, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 58.47, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0346 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.135 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2133, 48.3193, 13.4050)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC49 #4952C5

analogous

#C57E49 #C5BC49 #90C549

triadic

#C5BC49 #49C5BC #BC49C5

tetradic

#C5BC49 #49C57E #4952C5 #C54990

square

#C5BC49 #49C57E #4952C5 #C54990

split-complementary

#C5BC49 #4990C5 #7E49C5

monochromatic

#706A24 #9E9732 #C5BC49 #D4CD77 #E3DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C5BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC49

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC49	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf81',
    500: '#c5bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc49;
$custom-light: #dacf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC49

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC49

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

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