#C5BF59#C5BF59

#C5BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BF59
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -11.26, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 52.57, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0339 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.124 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4612, 49.8545, 16.7828)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BF59 #595FC5

analogous

#C58959 #C5BF59 #95C559

triadic

#C5BF59 #59C5BF #BF59C5

tetradic

#C5BF59 #59C589 #595FC5 #C55995

square

#C5BF59 #59C589 #595FC5 #C55995

split-complementary

#C5BF59 #5995C5 #8959C5

monochromatic

#79752A #A7A13A #C5BF59 #D5D086 #E5E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C5BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BF59

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BF59	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d28b',
    500: '#c5bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bf59;
$custom-light: #d9d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78903,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BF59

secondary

#A7A9D3

accent

#58D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BF59

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

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