#C5BE4D#C5BE4D

#C5BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE4D
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -11.63, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 57.53, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0363 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7804, 49.2345, 14.2694)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE4D #4D54C5

analogous

#C5824D #C5BE4D #90C54D

triadic

#C5BE4D #4DC5BE #BE4DC5

tetradic

#C5BE4D #4DC582 #4D54C5 #C54D90

square

#C5BE4D #4DC582 #4D54C5 #C54D90

split-complementary

#C5BE4D #4D90C5 #824DC5

monochromatic

#726E25 #A09A34 #C5BE4D #D4CF7B #E3E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C5BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE4D

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE4D	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d183',
    500: '#c5be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be4d;
$custom-light: #d9d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78562,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE4D

secondary

#9DA0D1

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE4D

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

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