#C5BD37#C5BD37

#C5BD37 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	#C5BD37
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -12.38, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 65.85, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0408 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9148, 48.5429, 10.7755)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD37 #373FC5

analogous

#C57637 #C5BD37 #86C537

triadic

#C5BD37 #37C5BD #BD37C5

tetradic

#C5BD37 #37C576 #373FC5 #C53786

square

#C5BD37 #37C576 #373FC5 #C53786

split-complementary

#C5BD37 #3786C5 #7637C5

monochromatic

#65611C #958F2A #C5BD37 #D4CE65 #E1DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C5BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD37

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD37	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)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad077',
    500: '#c5bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd37;
$custom-light: #dad077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78167,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD37

secondary

#8B8FCD

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD37

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

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