#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
RGBrgb(197, 189, 54)
HSLhsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.16, -12.42, 65.02)
CIE-LCHlch(75.16, 66.20, 100.82°)
OKLaboklab(78.16% -0.041 0.1435)
OKLCHoklch(78.16% 0.149 105.9)
XYZxyz(41.8911, 48.5334, 10.6506)
Luminance0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C5BD361.001.9610.7110.71
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7121.001.001.00
##00000010.7121.001.001.00

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

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#C5BD36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva