#C5BE44#C5BE44

#C5BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE44
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -12.20, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 61.28, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0389 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.4844, 49.1160, 12.7102)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE44 #444BC5

analogous

#C57E44 #C5BE44 #8CC544

triadic

#C5BE44 #44C5BE #BE44C5

tetradic

#C5BE44 #44C57E #444BC5 #C5448C

square

#C5BE44 #44C57E #444BC5 #C5448C

split-complementary

#C5BE44 #448CC5 #7E44C5

monochromatic

#6D6922 #9C9630 #C5BE44 #D3CE73 #E2DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C5BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE44

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE44	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)

#CEB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17e',
    500: '#c5be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be44;
$custom-light: #dad17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7848,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.49115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE44

secondary

#9699CF

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE44

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

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