#C5BF43#C5BF43

#C5BF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF43
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -12.77, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 62.06, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0406 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6714, 49.5386, 12.6233)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF43 #4349C5

analogous

#C57E43 #C5BF43 #8AC543

triadic

#C5BF43 #43C5BF #BF43C5

tetradic

#C5BF43 #43C57E #4349C5 #C5438A

square

#C5BF43 #43C57E #4349C5 #C5438A

split-complementary

#C5BF43 #438AC5 #7E43C5

monochromatic

#6C6921 #9B9630 #C5BF43 #D3CF72 #E2DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C5BF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF43

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF43	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27e',
    500: '#c5bf43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf43;
$custom-light: #dad27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78686,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF43

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF43

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

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