#C5BE3E#C5BE3E

#C5BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE3E
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -12.54, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 63.63, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0405 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3105, 49.0465, 11.7947)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE3E #3E45C5

analogous

#C57A3E #C5BE3E #88C53E

triadic

#C5BE3E #3EC5BE #BE3EC5

tetradic

#C5BE3E #3EC57A #3E45C5 #C53E88

square

#C5BE3E #3EC57A #3E45C5 #C53E88

split-complementary

#C5BE3E #3E88C5 #7A3EC5

monochromatic

#696520 #98932E #C5BE3E #D3CE6D #E1DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C5BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE3E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE3E	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)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17b',
    500: '#c5be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be3e;
$custom-light: #dad17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78432,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE3E

secondary

#9195CD

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE3E

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

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