#C5BF55#C5BF55

#C5BF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.128 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF55
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -11.57, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 54.39, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0353 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.128 106)
XYZ	xyz(43.2978, 49.7892, 15.9221)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF55 #555BC5

analogous

#C58755 #C5BF55 #93C555

triadic

#C5BF55 #55C5BF #BF55C5

tetradic

#C5BF55 #55C587 #555BC5 #C55593

square

#C5BF55 #55C587 #555BC5 #C55593

split-complementary

#C5BF55 #5593C5 #8755C5

monochromatic

#777329 #A59F38 #C5BF55 #D5D083 #E4E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5BF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C5BF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF55

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF55	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.128 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d288',
    500: '#c5bf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf55;
$custom-light: #d9d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78858,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.49788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF55

secondary

#A3A6D2

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF55

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

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