#C5BD3E#C5BD3E

#C5BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.144 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD3E
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -12.03, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 63.27, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0391 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0947, 48.6148, 11.7227)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD3E #3E46C5

analogous

#C5793E #C5BD3E #8AC53E

triadic

#C5BD3E #3EC5BD #BD3EC5

tetradic

#C5BD3E #3EC579 #3E46C5 #C53E8A

square

#C5BD3E #3EC579 #3E46C5 #C53E8A

split-complementary

#C5BD3E #3E8AC5 #793EC5

monochromatic

#696520 #98922E #C5BD3E #D3CD6D #E1DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C5BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD3E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.144 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07b',
    500: '#c5bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd3e;
$custom-light: #dad07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78217,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD3E

secondary

#9195CD

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD3E

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

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