#C5BF38#C5BF38

#C5BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF38
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -13.35, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 66.20, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0434 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3722, 49.4189, 11.0474)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF38 #383EC5

analogous

#C57938 #C5BF38 #84C538

triadic

#C5BF38 #38C5BF #BF38C5

tetradic

#C5BF38 #38C579 #383EC5 #C53884

square

#C5BF38 #38C579 #383EC5 #C53884

split-complementary

#C5BF38 #3884C5 #7938C5

monochromatic

#66631D #95912A #C5BF38 #D4CF67 #E1DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C5BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF38

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF38	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)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad278',
    500: '#c5bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf38;
$custom-light: #dad278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF38

secondary

#8C8FCD

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF38

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

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