#C5BD3C#C5BD3C

#C5BD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD3C
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -12.13, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 64.03, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0396 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0408, 48.5933, 11.4390)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD3C #3C44C5

analogous

#C5783C #C5BD3C #89C53C

triadic

#C5BD3C #3CC5BD #BD3CC5

tetradic

#C5BD3C #3CC578 #3C44C5 #C53C89

square

#C5BD3C #3CC578 #3C44C5 #C53C89

split-complementary

#C5BD3C #3C89C5 #783CC5

monochromatic

#68631F #97912D #C5BD3C #D3CD6B #E1DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C5BD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD3C

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD3C	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07a',
    500: '#c5bd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd3c;
$custom-light: #dad07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD3C

secondary

#9093CD

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD3C

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

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