#C5BE38#C5BE38

#C5BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.149 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE38
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -12.84, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 65.84, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.042 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.149 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1549, 48.9843, 10.9750)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE38 #383FC5

analogous

#C57738 #C5BE38 #86C538

triadic

#C5BE38 #38C5BE #BE38C5

tetradic

#C5BE38 #38C577 #383FC5 #C53886

square

#C5BE38 #38C577 #383FC5 #C53886

split-complementary

#C5BE38 #3886C5 #7738C5

monochromatic

#66621D #95902A #C5BE38 #D4CE67 #E1DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C5BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C5BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE38

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE38	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.149 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad178',
    500: '#c5be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be38;
$custom-light: #dad178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE38

secondary

#8C8FCD

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE38

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

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