#C5BE3A#C5BE3A

#C5BE3A 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	#C5BE3A
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -12.74, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 65.12, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0415 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2048, 49.0042, 11.2378)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE3A #3A41C5

analogous

#C5783A #C5BE3A #87C53A

triadic

#C5BE3A #3AC5BE #BE3AC5

tetradic

#C5BE3A #3AC578 #3A41C5 #C53A87

square

#C5BE3A #3AC578 #3A41C5 #C53A87

split-complementary

#C5BE3A #3A87C5 #783AC5

monochromatic

#66631E #96902C #C5BE3A #D3CE69 #E1DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C5BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE3A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE3A	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)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad179',
    500: '#c5be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be3a;
$custom-light: #dad179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78402,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE3A

secondary

#8E91CD

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE3A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →