#C5BE4E#C5BE4E

#C5BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.133 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE4E
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -11.56, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 57.09, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.036 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.133 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8160, 49.2487, 14.4568)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE4E #4E55C5

analogous

#C5834E #C5BE4E #91C54E

triadic

#C5BE4E #4EC5BE #BE4EC5

tetradic

#C5BE4E #4EC583 #4E55C5 #C54E91

square

#C5BE4E #4EC583 #4E55C5 #C54E91

split-complementary

#C5BE4E #4E91C5 #834EC5

monochromatic

#736E26 #A19B35 #C5BE4E #D4CF7C #E3E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C5BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE4E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE4E	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)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.133 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d184',
    500: '#c5be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be4e;
$custom-light: #d9d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78572,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE4E

secondary

#9EA1D1

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE4E

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

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