#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
RGBrgb(197, 189, 74)
HSLhsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(56, 62%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.30, -11.32, 57.32)
CIE-LCHlch(75.30, 58.42, 101.17°)
OKLaboklab(78.32% -0.0358 0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(78.32% 0.135 105.3)
XYZxyz(42.4611, 48.7614, 13.6525)
Luminance0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C5BD4A1.001.9510.7510.75
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7521.001.001.00
##00000010.7521.001.001.00

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

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#C5BD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva