#C5BD49#C5BD49

#C5BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD49
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -11.38, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 58.84, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0361 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4277, 48.7480, 13.4764)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD49 #4951C5

analogous

#C57F49 #C5BD49 #8FC549

triadic

#C5BD49 #49C5BD #BD49C5

tetradic

#C5BD49 #49C57F #4951C5 #C5498F

square

#C5BD49 #49C57F #4951C5 #C5498F

split-complementary

#C5BD49 #498FC5 #7F49C5

monochromatic

#706B24 #9E9732 #C5BD49 #D4CE77 #E3DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C5BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD49

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD49	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad081',
    500: '#c5bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd49;
$custom-light: #dad081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7831,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD49

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD49

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

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