#C5BE47#C5BE47

#C5BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE47
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -12.02, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 60.06, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0381 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5783, 49.1536, 13.2048)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE47 #474EC5

analogous

#C57F47 #C5BE47 #8DC547

triadic

#C5BE47 #47C5BE #BE47C5

tetradic

#C5BE47 #47C57F #474EC5 #C5478D

square

#C5BE47 #47C57F #474EC5 #C5478D

split-complementary

#C5BE47 #478DC5 #7F47C5

monochromatic

#6F6A23 #9D9732 #C5BE47 #D4CE76 #E2DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C5BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE47

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE47	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)

#CEB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad180',
    500: '#c5be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be47;
$custom-light: #dad180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78506,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE47

secondary

#999CCF

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE47

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

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