#C5BE39#C5BE39

#C5BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE39
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -12.79, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 65.49, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0417 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1796, 48.9941, 11.1051)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE39 #3940C5

analogous

#C57839 #C5BE39 #86C539

triadic

#C5BE39 #39C5BE #BE39C5

tetradic

#C5BE39 #39C578 #3940C5 #C53986

square

#C5BE39 #39C578 #3940C5 #C53986

split-complementary

#C5BE39 #3986C5 #7839C5

monochromatic

#66621E #96902B #C5BE39 #D3CE68 #E1DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C5BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE39

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE39	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#CEB722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad178',
    500: '#c5be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be39;
$custom-light: #dad178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78395,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE39

secondary

#8D90CD

accent

#51DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE39

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

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