#C5BE43#C5BE43

#C5BE43 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	#C5BE43
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -12.26, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 61.68, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0392 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4541, 49.1039, 12.5508)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE43 #434AC5

analogous

#C57D43 #C5BE43 #8BC543

triadic

#C5BE43 #43C5BE #BE43C5

tetradic

#C5BE43 #43C57D #434AC5 #C5438B

square

#C5BE43 #43C57D #434AC5 #C5438B

split-complementary

#C5BE43 #438BC5 #7D43C5

monochromatic

#6C6821 #9B9530 #C5BE43 #D3CE72 #E2DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C5BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE43

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE43	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)

#CEB732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17e',
    500: '#c5be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be43;
$custom-light: #dad17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE43

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE43

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

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