#C5BC4E#C5BC4E

#C5BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC4E
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -10.54, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 56.32, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0331 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3858, 48.3883, 14.3134)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC4E #4E57C5

analogous

#C5814E #C5BC4E #93C54E

triadic

#C5BC4E #4EC5BC #BC4EC5

tetradic

#C5BC4E #4EC581 #4E57C5 #C54E93

square

#C5BC4E #4EC581 #4E57C5 #C54E93

split-complementary

#C5BC4E #4E93C5 #814EC5

monochromatic

#736D26 #A19935 #C5BC4E #D4CD7C #E3DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C5BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC4E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC4E	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf84',
    500: '#c5bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc4e;
$custom-light: #d9cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC4E

secondary

#9EA2D1

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC4E

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

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