#C5BE40#C5BE40

#C5BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE40
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -12.43, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 62.86, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.04 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3664, 49.0689, 12.0891)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE40 #4047C5

analogous

#C57B40 #C5BE40 #89C540

triadic

#C5BE40 #40C5BE #BE40C5

tetradic

#C5BE40 #40C57B #4047C5 #C54089

square

#C5BE40 #40C57B #4047C5 #C54089

split-complementary

#C5BE40 #4089C5 #7B40C5

monochromatic

#6A6620 #99942F #C5BE40 #D3CE6F #E2DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C5BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE40

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE40	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)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17c',
    500: '#c5be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be40;
$custom-light: #dad17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78447,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE40

secondary

#9396CE

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE40

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

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