#C5BD47#C5BD47

#C5BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD47
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -11.51, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 59.68, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0366 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3624, 48.7219, 13.1328)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD47 #474FC5

analogous

#C57E47 #C5BD47 #8EC547

triadic

#C5BD47 #47C5BD #BD47C5

tetradic

#C5BD47 #47C57E #474FC5 #C5478E

square

#C5BD47 #47C57E #474FC5 #C5478E

split-complementary

#C5BD47 #478EC5 #7E47C5

monochromatic

#6F6A23 #9D9632 #C5BD47 #D4CE76 #E2DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C5BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD47

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD47	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CDB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad080',
    500: '#c5bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd47;
$custom-light: #dad080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78292,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD47

secondary

#999CCF

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD47

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

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