#C5BC4F#C5BC4F

#C5BC4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC4F
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -10.47, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 55.88, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0328 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4219, 48.4027, 14.5037)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC4F #4F58C5

analogous

#C5814F #C5BC4F #93C54F

triadic

#C5BC4F #4FC5BC #BC4FC5

tetradic

#C5BC4F #4FC581 #4F58C5 #C54F93

square

#C5BC4F #4FC581 #4F58C5 #C54F93

split-complementary

#C5BC4F #4F93C5 #814FC5

monochromatic

#746E26 #A29935 #C5BC4F #D4CE7D #E3DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C5BC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C5BC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC4F

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC4F	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)

#CBB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf85',
    500: '#c5bc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc4f;
$custom-light: #d9cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78155,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC4F

secondary

#9FA3D1

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC4F

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

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