#C5BF4A#C5BF4A

#C5BF4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF4A
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -12.34, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 59.19, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0387 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8943, 49.6277, 13.7968)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF4A #4A50C5

analogous

#C5814A #C5BF4A #8DC54A

triadic

#C5BF4A #4AC5BF #BF4AC5

tetradic

#C5BF4A #4AC581 #4A50C5 #C54A8D

square

#C5BF4A #4AC581 #4A50C5 #C54A8D

split-complementary

#C5BF4A #4A8DC5 #814AC5

monochromatic

#716D24 #9F9A33 #C5BF4A #D4CF78 #E3E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C5BF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF4A

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF4A	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d282',
    500: '#c5bf4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf4a;
$custom-light: #d9d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF4A

secondary

#9B9DD0

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF4A

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

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