#C5BF52#C5BF52

#C5BF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.131 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF52
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -11.79, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 55.73, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0362 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.131 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1811, 49.7425, 15.3076)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF52 #5258C5

analogous

#C58652 #C5BF52 #91C552

triadic

#C5BF52 #52C5BF #BF52C5

tetradic

#C5BF52 #52C586 #5258C5 #C55291

square

#C5BF52 #52C586 #5258C5 #C55291

split-complementary

#C5BF52 #5291C5 #8652C5

monochromatic

#757127 #A39D37 #C5BF52 #D4D080 #E4E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C5BF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF52

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF52	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.131 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d287',
    500: '#c5bf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf52;
$custom-light: #d9d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF52

secondary

#A1A4D2

accent

#56D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF52

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

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