#C5BE37#C5BE37

#C5BE37 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	#C5BE37
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -12.89, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 66.20, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0422 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1307, 48.9746, 10.8475)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE37 #373EC5

analogous

#C57737 #C5BE37 #85C537

triadic

#C5BE37 #37C5BE #BE37C5

tetradic

#C5BE37 #37C577 #373EC5 #C53785

square

#C5BE37 #37C577 #373EC5 #C53785

split-complementary

#C5BE37 #3785C5 #7737C5

monochromatic

#65621C #95902A #C5BE37 #D4CF65 #E1DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C5BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE37

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE37	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)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad177',
    500: '#c5be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be37;
$custom-light: #dad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78382,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE37

secondary

#8B8ECD

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE37

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

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