#C5BF39#C5BF39

#C5BF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.149 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF39
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -13.30, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 65.84, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0432 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3969, 49.4288, 11.1775)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF39 #393FC5

analogous

#C57939 #C5BF39 #85C539

triadic

#C5BF39 #39C5BF #BF39C5

tetradic

#C5BF39 #39C579 #393FC5 #C53985

square

#C5BF39 #39C579 #393FC5 #C53985

split-complementary

#C5BF39 #3985C5 #7939C5

monochromatic

#66631E #96912B #C5BF39 #D3CF68 #E1DE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C5BF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF39

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF39	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.149 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad278',
    500: '#c5bf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf39;
$custom-light: #dad278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF39

secondary

#8D90CD

accent

#50DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF39

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

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