#C5BD3D#C5BD3D

#C5BD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD3D
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -12.08, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 63.65, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0393 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0675, 48.6040, 11.5796)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD3D #3D45C5

analogous

#C5793D #C5BD3D #89C53D

triadic

#C5BD3D #3DC5BD #BD3DC5

tetradic

#C5BD3D #3DC579 #3D45C5 #C53D89

square

#C5BD3D #3DC579 #3D45C5 #C53D89

split-complementary

#C5BD3D #3D89C5 #793DC5

monochromatic

#68641F #98912D #C5BD3D #D3CD6C #E1DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C5BD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD3D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD3D	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)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07a',
    500: '#c5bd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd3d;
$custom-light: #dad07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD3D

secondary

#9194CD

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD3D

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

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