#C5BD3F#C5BD3F

#C5BD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD3F
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -11.97, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 62.88, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0388 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1224, 48.6259, 11.8686)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD3F #3F47C5

analogous

#C57A3F #C5BD3F #8AC53F

triadic

#C5BD3F #3FC5BD #BD3FC5

tetradic

#C5BD3F #3FC57A #3F47C5 #C53F8A

square

#C5BD3F #3FC57A #3F47C5 #C53F8A

split-complementary

#C5BD3F #3F8AC5 #7A3FC5

monochromatic

#6A6520 #99922E #C5BD3F #D3CD6E #E1DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C5BD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD3F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD3F	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)

#CDB62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07b',
    500: '#c5bd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd3f;
$custom-light: #dad07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78225,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD3F

secondary

#9296CE

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD3F

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

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