#C5BF35#C5BF35

#C5BF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.152 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF35
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -13.49, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 67.24, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0441 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3010, 49.3905, 10.6725)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF35 #353BC5

analogous

#C57735 #C5BF35 #83C535

triadic

#C5BF35 #35C5BF #BF35C5

tetradic

#C5BF35 #35C577 #353BC5 #C53583

square

#C5BF35 #35C577 #353BC5 #C53583

split-complementary

#C5BF35 #3583C5 #7735C5

monochromatic

#65611B #959028 #C5BF35 #D5D062 #E2DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C5BF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF35

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF35	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad276',
    500: '#c5bf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf35;
$custom-light: #dad276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78584,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF35

secondary

#898CCD

accent

#4DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF35

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

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