#C5BF50#C5BF50

#C5BF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF50
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -11.94, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 56.61, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0369 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.132 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1061, 49.7125, 14.9127)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF50 #5056C5

analogous

#C58550 #C5BF50 #91C550

triadic

#C5BF50 #50C5BF #BF50C5

tetradic

#C5BF50 #50C585 #5056C5 #C55091

square

#C5BF50 #50C585 #5056C5 #C55091

split-complementary

#C5BF50 #5091C5 #8550C5

monochromatic

#747026 #A29D36 #C5BF50 #D4D07E #E3E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C5BF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF50

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF50	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d285',
    500: '#c5bf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf50;
$custom-light: #d9d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF50

secondary

#A0A2D1

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF50

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

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