#C5BD39#C5BD39

#C5BD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.147 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD39
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -12.28, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 65.13, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0403 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.147 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9638, 48.5625, 11.0331)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD39 #3941C5

analogous

#C57739 #C5BD39 #87C539

triadic

#C5BD39 #39C5BD #BD39C5

tetradic

#C5BD39 #39C577 #3941C5 #C53987

square

#C5BD39 #39C577 #3941C5 #C53987

split-complementary

#C5BD39 #3987C5 #7739C5

monochromatic

#66621E #968F2B #C5BD39 #D3CD68 #E1DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C5BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD39

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD39	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)

#CDB622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.147 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad078',
    500: '#c5bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd39;
$custom-light: #dad078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78181,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD39

secondary

#8D91CD

accent

#52DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD39

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

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