#C5BF3A#C5BF3A

#C5BF3A 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	#C5BF3A
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -13.25, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 65.48, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0429 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4221, 49.4389, 11.3102)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF3A #3A40C5

analogous

#C5793A #C5BF3A #86C53A

triadic

#C5BF3A #3AC5BF #BF3AC5

tetradic

#C5BF3A #3AC579 #3A40C5 #C53A86

square

#C5BF3A #3AC579 #3A40C5 #C53A86

split-complementary

#C5BF3A #3A86C5 #793AC5

monochromatic

#66631E #96912C #C5BF3A #D3CE69 #E1DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C5BF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF3A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF3A	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)

#CFB824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.149 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad279',
    500: '#c5bf3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf3a;
$custom-light: #dad279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF3A

secondary

#8E91CD

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF3A

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

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