#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
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -12.98, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 66.89, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0426 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0837, 48.9558, 10.6001)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C5BE35	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)

#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

Preview with #C5BE35

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

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