#C5BC85#C5BC85

#C5BC85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.073 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BC85
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 32.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -5.21, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 29.49, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0127 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.073 100)
XYZ	xyz(45.2433, 49.5313, 29.3629)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BC85 #858EC5

analogous

#C59C85 #C5BC85 #AEC585

triadic

#C5BC85 #85C5BC #BC85C5

tetradic

#C5BC85 #85C59C #858EC5 #C585AE

square

#C5BC85 #85C59C #858EC5 #C585AE

split-complementary

#C5BC85 #85AEC5 #9C85C5

monochromatic

#8D8243 #B1A55C #C5BC85 #D9D3AE #ECEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C5BC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BC85

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BC85	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.073 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d0a9',
    500: '#c5bc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bc85;
$custom-light: #d7d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7894,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BC85

secondary

#C8CBDE

accent

#48AE37

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BC85

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

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