#C5BE46#C5BE46

#C5BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE46
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -12.08, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 60.47, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0384 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.5464, 49.1409, 13.0371)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE46 #464DC5

analogous

#C57F46 #C5BE46 #8CC546

triadic

#C5BE46 #46C5BE #BE46C5

tetradic

#C5BE46 #46C57F #464DC5 #C5468C

square

#C5BE46 #46C57F #464DC5 #C5468C

split-complementary

#C5BE46 #468CC5 #7F46C5

monochromatic

#6E6A23 #9D9731 #C5BE46 #D4CE75 #E2DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C5BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE46

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE46	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17f',
    500: '#c5be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be46;
$custom-light: #dad17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.49139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE46

secondary

#989BCF

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE46

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

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