#C5BE41#C5BE41

#C5BE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE41
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -12.37, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 62.47, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0397 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3951, 49.0804, 12.2403)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE41 #4148C5

analogous

#C57C41 #C5BE41 #8AC541

triadic

#C5BE41 #41C5BE #BE41C5

tetradic

#C5BE41 #41C57C #4148C5 #C5418A

square

#C5BE41 #41C57C #4148C5 #C5418A

split-complementary

#C5BE41 #418AC5 #7C41C5

monochromatic

#6B6721 #9A942F #C5BE41 #D3CE70 #E2DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C5BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE41

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE41	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17c',
    500: '#c5be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be41;
$custom-light: #dad17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78455,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE41

secondary

#9497CE

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE41

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

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