#C5BD42#C5BD42

#C5BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD42
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -11.81, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 61.71, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.038 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2085, 48.6604, 12.3222)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD42 #424AC5

analogous

#C57C42 #C5BD42 #8CC542

triadic

#C5BD42 #42C5BD #BD42C5

tetradic

#C5BD42 #42C57C #424AC5 #C5428C

square

#C5BD42 #42C57C #424AC5 #C5428C

split-complementary

#C5BD42 #428CC5 #7C42C5

monochromatic

#6C6721 #9A942F #C5BD42 #D3CD71 #E2DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C5BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD42

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD42	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07d',
    500: '#c5bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd42;
$custom-light: #dad07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78249,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD42

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD42

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

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