#C5BD43#C5BD43

#C5BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD43
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -11.75, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 61.31, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0378 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2383, 48.6723, 12.4789)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD43 #434BC5

analogous

#C57C43 #C5BD43 #8CC543

triadic

#C5BD43 #43C5BD #BD43C5

tetradic

#C5BD43 #43C57C #434BC5 #C5438C

square

#C5BD43 #43C57C #434BC5 #C5438C

split-complementary

#C5BD43 #438CC5 #7C43C5

monochromatic

#6C6821 #9B9430 #C5BD43 #D3CD72 #E2DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C5BD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD43

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD43	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)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07e',
    500: '#c5bd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd43;
$custom-light: #dad07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78257,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD43

secondary

#9599CE

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD43

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

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