#C5BD50#C5BD50

#C5BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.130 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD50
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -10.91, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 55.83, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0339 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.13 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6730, 48.8461, 14.7683)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD50 #5058C5

analogous

#C58250 #C5BD50 #93C550

triadic

#C5BD50 #50C5BD #BD50C5

tetradic

#C5BD50 #50C582 #5058C5 #C55093

square

#C5BD50 #50C582 #5058C5 #C55093

split-complementary

#C5BD50 #5093C5 #8250C5

monochromatic

#746F26 #A29B36 #C5BD50 #D4CE7E #E3E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C5BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD50

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD50	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)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.130 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d085',
    500: '#c5bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd50;
$custom-light: #d9d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78378,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD50

secondary

#A0A3D1

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD50

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

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