#C5BE30#C5BE30

#C5BE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE30
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -13.19, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 68.55, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0437 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.154 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9746, 48.9122, 10.0257)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE30 #3037C5

analogous

#C57330 #C5BE30 #81C530

triadic

#C5BE30 #30C5BE #BE30C5

tetradic

#C5BE30 #30C573 #3037C5 #C53081

square

#C5BE30 #30C573 #3037C5 #C53081

split-complementary

#C5BE30 #3081C5 #7330C5

monochromatic

#635F18 #948F24 #C5BE30 #D7D15B #E3DF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C5BE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE30

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE30	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad174',
    500: '#c5be30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be30;
$custom-light: #dad174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78338,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE30

secondary

#8487CD

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE30

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

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