#C5BD4F#C5BD4F

#C5BD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD4F
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -10.98, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 56.27, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0343 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6363, 48.8315, 14.5751)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD4F #4F57C5

analogous

#C5824F #C5BD4F #92C54F

triadic

#C5BD4F #4FC5BD #BD4FC5

tetradic

#C5BD4F #4FC582 #4F57C5 #C54F92

square

#C5BD4F #4FC582 #4F57C5 #C54F92

split-complementary

#C5BD4F #4F92C5 #824FC5

monochromatic

#746E26 #A29A35 #C5BD4F #D4CE7D #E3E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C5BD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD4F

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD4F	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d085',
    500: '#c5bd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd4f;
$custom-light: #d9d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78368,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD4F

secondary

#9FA2D1

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD4F

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

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