#C5BE36#C5BE36

#C5BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5BE36
RGBrgb(197, 190, 54)
HSLhsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.43, -12.93, 65.28)
CIE-LCHlch(75.43, 66.55, 101.21°)
OKLaboklab(78.38% -0.0424 0.1441)
OKLCHoklch(78.38% 0.15 106.4)
XYZxyz(42.1070, 48.9651, 10.7225)
Luminance0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5BE36 #363DC5
analogous
#C57736 #C5BE36 #85C536
triadic
#C5BE36 #36C5BE #BE36C5
tetradic
#C5BE36 #36C577 #363DC5 #C53685
square
#C5BE36 #36C577 #363DC5 #C53685
split-complementary
#C5BE36 #3685C5 #7736C5
monochromatic
#65611C #959029 #C5BE36 #D4CF64 #E2DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#C5BE36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79
#C5BE36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE36
10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5BE36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5BE361.001.9510.7910.79
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7921.001.001.00
##00000010.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB71C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4B1A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.150 106.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad177',
    500: '#c5be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5be36;
$custom-light: #dad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5BE36
secondary
#8A8DCD
accent
#4FE048
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151409
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C5BE36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva