#C5BF45#C5BF45

#C5BF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF45
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -12.65, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 61.25, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0401 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7325, 49.5630, 12.9447)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF45 #454BC5

analogous

#C57F45 #C5BF45 #8BC545

triadic

#C5BF45 #45C5BF #BF45C5

tetradic

#C5BF45 #45C57F #454BC5 #C5458B

square

#C5BF45 #45C57F #454BC5 #C5458B

split-complementary

#C5BF45 #458BC5 #7F45C5

monochromatic

#6D6A22 #9C9731 #C5BF45 #D4CF74 #E2DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C5BF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF45

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF45	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CFB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27f',
    500: '#c5bf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf45;
$custom-light: #dad27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF45

secondary

#979ACF

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF45

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

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