#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
RGBrgb(197, 189, 68)
HSLhsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.25, -11.69, 59.78)
CIE-LCHlch(75.25, 60.91, 101.07°)
OKLaboklab(78.27% -0.0375 0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(78.27% 0.14 105.5)
XYZxyz(42.2685, 48.6844, 12.6382)
Luminance0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C5BD441.001.9610.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

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

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#C5BD44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva