#C5BF3C#C5BF3C

#C5BF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF3C
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -13.15, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 64.75, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0424 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4740, 49.4596, 11.5834)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF3C #3C42C5

analogous

#C57A3C #C5BF3C #87C53C

triadic

#C5BF3C #3CC5BF #BF3CC5

tetradic

#C5BF3C #3CC57A #3C42C5 #C53C87

square

#C5BF3C #3CC57A #3C42C5 #C53C87

split-complementary

#C5BF3C #3C87C5 #7A3CC5

monochromatic

#68651F #97922D #C5BF3C #D3CE6B #E1DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C5BF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF3C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF3C	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)

#CFB827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27a',
    500: '#c5bf3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf3c;
$custom-light: #dad27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78631,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF3C

secondary

#9093CD

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF3C

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

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