#C5BD46#C5BD46

#C5BD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD46
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -11.57, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 60.09, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0369 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3306, 48.7092, 12.9652)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD46 #464EC5

analogous

#C57D46 #C5BD46 #8EC546

triadic

#C5BD46 #46C5BD #BD46C5

tetradic

#C5BD46 #46C57D #464EC5 #C5468E

square

#C5BD46 #46C57D #464EC5 #C5468E

split-complementary

#C5BD46 #468EC5 #7D46C5

monochromatic

#6E6923 #9D9631 #C5BD46 #D4CE75 #E2DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C5BD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C5BD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD46

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD46	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)

#CDB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07f',
    500: '#c5bd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd46;
$custom-light: #dad07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78283,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD46

secondary

#989BCF

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD46

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

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