#C5BD34#C5BD34

#C5BD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.150 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD34
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -12.51, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 66.89, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0414 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.15 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.8451, 48.5150, 10.4083)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD34 #343CC5

analogous

#C57534 #C5BD34 #85C534

triadic

#C5BD34 #34C5BD #BD34C5

tetradic

#C5BD34 #34C575 #343CC5 #C53485

square

#C5BD34 #34C575 #343CC5 #C53485

split-complementary

#C5BD34 #3485C5 #7534C5

monochromatic

#64601A #958F27 #C5BD34 #D5CF61 #E2DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD34

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD34	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)

#CDB619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.150 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad076',
    500: '#c5bd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd34;
$custom-light: #dad076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78147,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD34

secondary

#888CCD

accent

#4FE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD34

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

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