#C5BE3D#C5BE3D

#C5BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE3D
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -12.59, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 64.01, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0408 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2833, 49.0356, 11.6515)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE3D #3D44C5

analogous

#C57A3D #C5BE3D #88C53D

triadic

#C5BE3D #3DC5BE #BE3DC5

tetradic

#C5BE3D #3DC57A #3D44C5 #C53D88

square

#C5BE3D #3DC57A #3D44C5 #C53D88

split-complementary

#C5BE3D #3D88C5 #7A3DC5

monochromatic

#68651F #98922D #C5BE3D #D3CE6C #E1DE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C5BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE3D

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE3D	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17a',
    500: '#c5be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be3d;
$custom-light: #dad17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78424,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE3D

secondary

#9194CD

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE3D

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

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