#C5BD4A#C5BD4A

#C5BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD4A
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -11.32, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 58.42, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0358 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4611, 48.7614, 13.6525)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD4A #4A52C5

analogous

#C5804A #C5BD4A #8FC54A

triadic

#C5BD4A #4AC5BD #BD4AC5

tetradic

#C5BD4A #4AC580 #4A52C5 #C54A8F

square

#C5BD4A #4AC580 #4A52C5 #C54A8F

split-complementary

#C5BD4A #4A8FC5 #804AC5

monochromatic

#716C24 #9F9833 #C5BD4A #D4CE78 #E3DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C5BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD4A

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD4A	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)

#CCB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d082',
    500: '#c5bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd4a;
$custom-light: #d9d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78319,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD4A

secondary

#9B9ED0

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD4A

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

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