#C5BE35#C5BE35

#C5BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5BE35
RGBrgb(197, 190, 53)
HSLhsl(57, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.42, -12.98, 65.62)
CIE-LCHlch(75.42, 66.89, 101.19°)
OKLaboklab(78.37% -0.0426 0.1446)
OKLCHoklch(78.37% 0.151 106.4)
XYZxyz(42.0837, 48.9558, 10.6001)
Luminance0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5BE35 #353CC5
analogous
#C57635 #C5BE35 #84C535
triadic
#C5BE35 #35C5BE #BE35C5
tetradic
#C5BE35 #35C576 #353CC5 #C53584
square
#C5BE35 #35C576 #353CC5 #C53584
split-complementary
#C5BE35 #3584C5 #7635C5
monochromatic
#65611B #958F28 #C5BE35 #D5CF62 #E2DE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#C5BE35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79
#C5BE35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE35
10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5BE35#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5BE351.001.9510.7910.79
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7921.001.001.00
##00000010.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB71A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4B1A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.151 106.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad176',
    500: '#c5be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5be35;
$custom-light: #dad176;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78369,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5BE35
secondary
#898CCD
accent
#4EE147
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151409
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C5BE35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva