#C5BD4E#C5BD4E

#C5BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD4E
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -11.05, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 56.70, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0346 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6002, 48.8170, 14.3849)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD4E #4E56C5

analogous

#C5824E #C5BD4E #92C54E

triadic

#C5BD4E #4EC5BD #BD4EC5

tetradic

#C5BD4E #4EC582 #4E56C5 #C54E92

square

#C5BD4E #4EC582 #4E56C5 #C54E92

split-complementary

#C5BD4E #4E92C5 #824EC5

monochromatic

#736E26 #A19A35 #C5BD4E #D4CE7C #E3DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C5BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD4E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD4E	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d084',
    500: '#c5bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd4e;
$custom-light: #d9d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78358,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD4E

secondary

#9EA1D1

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD4E

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

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