#C5BD52#C5BD52

#C5BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.129 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD52
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -10.77, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 54.94, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0333 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.129 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.7479, 48.8761, 15.1633)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD52 #525AC5

analogous

#C58452 #C5BD52 #94C552

triadic

#C5BD52 #52C5BD #BD52C5

tetradic

#C5BD52 #52C584 #525AC5 #C55294

square

#C5BD52 #52C584 #525AC5 #C55294

split-complementary

#C5BD52 #5294C5 #8452C5

monochromatic

#757027 #A39C37 #C5BD52 #D4CE80 #E4E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C5BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD52

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD52	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.129 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d086',
    500: '#c5bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd52;
$custom-light: #d9d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD52

secondary

#A1A5D2

accent

#58D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD52

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

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