#C5BD41#C5BD41

#C5BD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD41
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -11.86, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 62.10, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0383 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1793, 48.6487, 12.1683)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD41 #4149C5

analogous

#C57B41 #C5BD41 #8BC541

triadic

#C5BD41 #41C5BD #BD41C5

tetradic

#C5BD41 #41C57B #4149C5 #C5418B

square

#C5BD41 #41C57B #4149C5 #C5418B

split-complementary

#C5BD41 #418BC5 #7B41C5

monochromatic

#6B6621 #9A932F #C5BD41 #D3CD70 #E2DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C5BD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD41

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD41	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)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07c',
    500: '#c5bd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd41;
$custom-light: #dad07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD41

secondary

#9497CE

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD41

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

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