#C5BE33#C5BE33

#C5BE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.152 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE33
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -13.06, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 67.57, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0431 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.152 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0387, 48.9378, 10.3629)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE33 #333AC5

analogous

#C57533 #C5BE33 #83C533

triadic

#C5BE33 #33C5BE #BE33C5

tetradic

#C5BE33 #33C575 #333AC5 #C53383

square

#C5BE33 #33C575 #333AC5 #C53383

split-complementary

#C5BE33 #3383C5 #7533C5

monochromatic

#64601A #948F26 #C5BE33 #D6D05F #E2DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C5BE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE33

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE33	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.152 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad175',
    500: '#c5be33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be33;
$custom-light: #dad175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE33

secondary

#878ACD

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE33

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

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