#C5BD31#C5BD31

#C5BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.152 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD31
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.64, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 67.89, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0421 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.152 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7797, 48.4888, 10.0637)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD31 #3139C5

analogous

#C57331 #C5BD31 #83C531

triadic

#C5BD31 #31C5BD #BD31C5

tetradic

#C5BD31 #31C573 #3139C5 #C53183

square

#C5BD31 #31C573 #3139C5 #C53183

split-complementary

#C5BD31 #3183C5 #7331C5

monochromatic

#635F19 #948E25 #C5BD31 #D7D05D #E3DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD31

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD31	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)

#CEB611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.152 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad074',
    500: '#c5bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd31;
$custom-light: #dad074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD31

secondary

#8589CD

accent

#4DE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD31

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

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