#C5BD33#C5BD33

#C5BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD33
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -12.56, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 67.22, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0416 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.8228, 48.5061, 10.2909)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD33 #333BC5

analogous

#C57433 #C5BD33 #84C533

triadic

#C5BD33 #33C5BD #BD33C5

tetradic

#C5BD33 #33C574 #333BC5 #C53384

square

#C5BD33 #33C574 #333BC5 #C53384

split-complementary

#C5BD33 #3384C5 #7433C5

monochromatic

#64601A #948E26 #C5BD33 #D6CF5F #E2DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD33

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD33	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)

#CEB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad075',
    500: '#c5bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd33;
$custom-light: #dad075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78141,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD33

secondary

#878BCD

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD33

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

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