#C5BD35#C5BD35

#C5BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.150 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD35
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -12.47, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 66.54, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0412 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.15 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.8679, 48.5241, 10.5282)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD35 #353DC5

analogous

#C57535 #C5BD35 #85C535

triadic

#C5BD35 #35C5BD #BD35C5

tetradic

#C5BD35 #35C575 #353DC5 #C53585

square

#C5BD35 #35C575 #353DC5 #C53585

split-complementary

#C5BD35 #3585C5 #7535C5

monochromatic

#65601B #958F28 #C5BD35 #D5CE62 #E2DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C5BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD35

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD35	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)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.150 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad076',
    500: '#c5bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd35;
$custom-light: #dad076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD35

secondary

#898DCD

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD35

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

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