#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
RGBrgb(197, 190, 80)
HSLhsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSVhsv(56, 59%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.62, -11.42, 55.05)
CIE-LCHlch(75.62, 56.22, 101.72°)
OKLaboklab(78.59% -0.0354 0.1266)
OKLCHoklch(78.59% 0.131 105.6)
XYZxyz(42.8888, 49.2778, 14.8402)
Luminance0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C5BE501.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

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

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#C5BE50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva