#C5BF40#C5BF40

#C5BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.145 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF40
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -12.94, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 63.23, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0414 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.145 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5838, 49.5035, 12.1615)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF40 #4046C5

analogous

#C57C40 #C5BF40 #88C540

triadic

#C5BF40 #40C5BF #BF40C5

tetradic

#C5BF40 #40C57C #4046C5 #C54088

square

#C5BF40 #40C57C #4046C5 #C54088

split-complementary

#C5BF40 #4088C5 #7C40C5

monochromatic

#6A6720 #99942F #C5BF40 #D3CF6F #E2DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C5BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF40

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF40	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.145 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27c',
    500: '#c5bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf40;
$custom-light: #dad27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78662,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF40

secondary

#9396CE

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF40

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

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