#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
RGBrgb(197, 190, 67)
HSLhsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.52, -12.26, 60.45)
CIE-LCHlch(75.52, 61.68, 101.46°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% -0.0392 0.1361)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.142 106.1)
XYZxyz(42.4541, 49.1039, 12.5508)
Luminance0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C5BE431.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

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

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#C5BE43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva