#C5BF41#C5BF41

#C5BF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF41
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -12.88, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 62.84, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0412 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6125, 49.5150, 12.3127)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF41 #4147C5

analogous

#C57D41 #C5BF41 #89C541

triadic

#C5BF41 #41C5BF #BF41C5

tetradic

#C5BF41 #41C57D #4147C5 #C54189

square

#C5BF41 #41C57D #4147C5 #C54189

split-complementary

#C5BF41 #4189C5 #7D41C5

monochromatic

#6B6821 #9A952F #C5BF41 #D3CF70 #E2DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C5BF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF41

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF41	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)

#CFB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27d',
    500: '#c5bf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf41;
$custom-light: #dad27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF41

secondary

#9496CE

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →