#C5BD4B#C5BD4B

#C5BD4B 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	#C5BD4B
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -11.25, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 58.00, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0355 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4950, 48.7750, 13.8313)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD4B #4B53C5

analogous

#C5804B #C5BD4B #90C54B

triadic

#C5BD4B #4BC5BD #BD4BC5

tetradic

#C5BD4B #4BC580 #4B53C5 #C54B90

square

#C5BD4B #4BC580 #4B53C5 #C54B90

split-complementary

#C5BD4B #4B90C5 #804BC5

monochromatic

#716C24 #9F9833 #C5BD4B #D4CE79 #E3DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C5BD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD4B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD4B	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)

#CCB73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d082',
    500: '#c5bd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd4b;
$custom-light: #d9d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78329,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD4B

secondary

#9C9FD0

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD4B

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

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