#C5BE4F#C5BE4F

#C5BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE4F
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -11.49, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 56.66, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0357 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8521, 49.2632, 14.6471)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE4F #4F56C5

analogous

#C5834F #C5BE4F #91C54F

triadic

#C5BE4F #4FC5BE #BE4FC5

tetradic

#C5BE4F #4FC583 #4F56C5 #C54F91

square

#C5BE4F #4FC583 #4F56C5 #C54F91

split-complementary

#C5BE4F #4F91C5 #834FC5

monochromatic

#746F26 #A29B35 #C5BE4F #D4CF7D #E3E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C5BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C5BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE4F

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE4F	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)

#CDB843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d185',
    500: '#c5be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be4f;
$custom-light: #d9d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78582,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE4F

secondary

#9FA2D1

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE4F

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

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