#C5BE3C#C5BE3C

#C5BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.146 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE3C
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -12.64, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 64.39, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.041 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.146 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2567, 49.0250, 11.5110)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE3C #3C43C5

analogous

#C5793C #C5BE3C #88C53C

triadic

#C5BE3C #3CC5BE #BE3CC5

tetradic

#C5BE3C #3CC579 #3C43C5 #C53C88

square

#C5BE3C #3CC579 #3C43C5 #C53C88

split-complementary

#C5BE3C #3C88C5 #793CC5

monochromatic

#68641F #97912D #C5BE3C #D3CE6B #E1DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C5BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE3C

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE3C	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)

#CEB727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.146 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17a',
    500: '#c5be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be3c;
$custom-light: #dad17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE3C

secondary

#9093CD

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE3C

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

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