#C5BD3A#C5BD3A

#C5BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.147 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD3A
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -12.23, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 64.77, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0401 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.147 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9889, 48.5725, 11.1658)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD3A #3A42C5

analogous

#C5783A #C5BD3A #87C53A

triadic

#C5BD3A #3AC5BD #BD3AC5

tetradic

#C5BD3A #3AC578 #3A42C5 #C53A87

square

#C5BD3A #3AC578 #3A42C5 #C53A87

split-complementary

#C5BD3A #3A87C5 #783AC5

monochromatic

#66621E #96902C #C5BD3A #D3CD69 #E1DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C5BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD3A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.147 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad079',
    500: '#c5bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd3a;
$custom-light: #dad079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD3A

secondary

#8E92CD

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD3A

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

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