#C5BD85#C5BD85

#C5BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.075 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BD85
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 32.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -5.73, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 29.93, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0142 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.075 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.4577, 49.9600, 29.4344)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BD85 #858DC5

analogous

#C59D85 #C5BD85 #ADC585

triadic

#C5BD85 #85C5BD #BD85C5

tetradic

#C5BD85 #85C59D #858DC5 #C585AD

square

#C5BD85 #85C59D #858DC5 #C585AD

split-complementary

#C5BD85 #85ADC5 #9D85C5

monochromatic

#8D8343 #B1A75C #C5BD85 #D9D3AE #ECEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C5BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BD85

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BD85	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.075 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d0a9',
    500: '#c5bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bd85;
$custom-light: #d7d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79149,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.49959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BD85

secondary

#C8CBDE

accent

#46AE37

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BD85

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

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