#C5BD44#C5BD44

#C5BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD44
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -11.69, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 60.91, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0375 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2685, 48.6844, 12.6382)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD44 #444CC5

analogous

#C57D44 #C5BD44 #8DC544

triadic

#C5BD44 #44C5BD #BD44C5

tetradic

#C5BD44 #44C57D #444CC5 #C5448D

square

#C5BD44 #44C57D #444CC5 #C5448D

split-complementary

#C5BD44 #448DC5 #7D44C5

monochromatic

#6D6822 #9C9530 #C5BD44 #D3CD73 #E2DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C5BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD44

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD44	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07e',
    500: '#c5bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd44;
$custom-light: #dad07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78266,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD44

secondary

#969ACF

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD44

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

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