#C5BE42#C5BE42

#C5BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE42
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -12.32, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 62.08, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0395 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4244, 49.0920, 12.3942)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE42 #4249C5

analogous

#C57D42 #C5BE42 #8BC542

triadic

#C5BE42 #42C5BE #BE42C5

tetradic

#C5BE42 #42C57D #4249C5 #C5428B

square

#C5BE42 #42C57D #4249C5 #C5428B

split-complementary

#C5BE42 #428BC5 #7D42C5

monochromatic

#6C6821 #9A952F #C5BE42 #D3CE71 #E2DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C5BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE42

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17d',
    500: '#c5be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be42;
$custom-light: #dad17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78463,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE42

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#53DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE42

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

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