#C5BF47#C5BF47

#C5BF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.140 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF47
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -12.53, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 60.44, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0395 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.14 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7956, 49.5883, 13.2772)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF47 #474DC5

analogous

#C58047 #C5BF47 #8CC547

triadic

#C5BF47 #47C5BF #BF47C5

tetradic

#C5BF47 #47C580 #474DC5 #C5478C

square

#C5BF47 #47C580 #474DC5 #C5478C

split-complementary

#C5BF47 #478CC5 #8047C5

monochromatic

#6F6B23 #9D9832 #C5BF47 #D4CF76 #E2DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C5BF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF47

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF47	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.140 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad280',
    500: '#c5bf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf47;
$custom-light: #dad280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7872,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF47

secondary

#999BCF

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF47

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

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