#C5BF36#C5BF36

#C5BF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF36
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -13.44, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 66.90, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0438 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3243, 49.3997, 10.7950)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF36 #363CC5

analogous

#C57836 #C5BF36 #83C536

triadic

#C5BF36 #36C5BF #BF36C5

tetradic

#C5BF36 #36C578 #363CC5 #C53683

square

#C5BF36 #36C578 #363CC5 #C53683

split-complementary

#C5BF36 #3683C5 #7836C5

monochromatic

#65621C #959029 #C5BF36 #D4D064 #E2DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C5BF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF36

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF36	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)

#CFB81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad277',
    500: '#c5bf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf36;
$custom-light: #dad277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7859,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF36

secondary

#8A8DCD

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF36

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

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