#C5BD40#C5BD40

#C5BD40 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 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD40
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -11.92, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 62.50, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0386 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1506, 48.6372, 12.0171)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD40 #4048C5

analogous

#C57A40 #C5BD40 #8AC540

triadic

#C5BD40 #40C5BD #BD40C5

tetradic

#C5BD40 #40C57A #4048C5 #C5408A

square

#C5BD40 #40C57A #4048C5 #C5408A

split-complementary

#C5BD40 #408AC5 #7A40C5

monochromatic

#6A6620 #99932F #C5BD40 #D3CD6F #E2DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C5BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD40

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD40	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07c',
    500: '#c5bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd40;
$custom-light: #dad07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78233,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD40

secondary

#9397CE

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD40

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

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