#C5BC56#C5BC56

#C5BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC56
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -9.96, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 52.74, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0305 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6903, 48.5101, 15.9169)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC56 #565FC5

analogous

#C58456 #C5BC56 #96C556

triadic

#C5BC56 #56C5BC #BC56C5

tetradic

#C5BC56 #56C584 #565FC5 #C55696

square

#C5BC56 #56C584 #565FC5 #C55696

split-complementary

#C5BC56 #5696C5 #8456C5

monochromatic

#787129 #A59C39 #C5BC56 #D5CE84 #E4E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC56

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC56	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf89',
    500: '#c5bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc56;
$custom-light: #d9cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7823,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC56

secondary

#A4A8D3

accent

#5AD84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC56

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

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