#C5BD45#C5BD45

#C5BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD45
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -11.63, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 60.50, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0372 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2993, 48.6967, 12.8003)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD45 #454DC5

analogous

#C57D45 #C5BD45 #8DC545

triadic

#C5BD45 #45C5BD #BD45C5

tetradic

#C5BD45 #45C57D #454DC5 #C5458D

square

#C5BD45 #45C57D #454DC5 #C5458D

split-complementary

#C5BD45 #458DC5 #7D45C5

monochromatic

#6D6922 #9C9531 #C5BD45 #D4CE74 #E2DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C5BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD45

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD45	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)

#CDB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07f',
    500: '#c5bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd45;
$custom-light: #dad07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD45

secondary

#979ACF

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD45

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

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