#C5BD30#C5BD30

#C5BD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.153 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD30
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.68, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 68.21, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0423 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.153 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7588, 48.4805, 9.9537)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD30 #3038C5

analogous

#C57330 #C5BD30 #82C530

triadic

#C5BD30 #30C5BD #BD30C5

tetradic

#C5BD30 #30C573 #3038C5 #C53082

square

#C5BD30 #30C573 #3038C5 #C53082

split-complementary

#C5BD30 #3082C5 #7330C5

monochromatic

#635F18 #948E24 #C5BD30 #D7D05B #E3DE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD30

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD30	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)

#CEB60E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.153 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad074',
    500: '#c5bd30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd30;
$custom-light: #dad074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD30

secondary

#8487CD

accent

#4CE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD30

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

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