#C5BD36#C5BD36

#C5BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD36
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -12.42, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 66.20, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.041 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8911, 48.5334, 10.6506)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD36 #363EC5

analogous

#C57536 #C5BD36 #86C536

triadic

#C5BD36 #36C5BD #BD36C5

tetradic

#C5BD36 #36C575 #363EC5 #C53686

square

#C5BD36 #36C575 #363EC5 #C53686

split-complementary

#C5BD36 #3686C5 #7536C5

monochromatic

#65611C #958F29 #C5BD36 #D4CE64 #E2DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C5BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD36

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD36	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad077',
    500: '#c5bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd36;
$custom-light: #dad077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.14926,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD36

secondary

#8A8ECD

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD36

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

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