#C5BE50#C5BE50

#C5BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.131 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE50
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -11.42, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 56.22, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0354 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.131 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8888, 49.2778, 14.8402)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE50 #5057C5

analogous

#C58450 #C5BE50 #92C550

triadic

#C5BE50 #50C5BE #BE50C5

tetradic

#C5BE50 #50C584 #5057C5 #C55092

square

#C5BE50 #50C584 #5057C5 #C55092

split-complementary

#C5BE50 #5092C5 #8450C5

monochromatic

#746F26 #A29C36 #C5BE50 #D4CF7E #E3E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C5BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE50

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE50	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.131 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d185',
    500: '#c5be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be50;
$custom-light: #d9d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78592,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE50

secondary

#A0A3D1

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE50

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

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