#C5BE58#C5BE58

#C5BE58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BE58
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -10.83, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 52.62, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0328 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2022, 49.4032, 16.4907)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BE58 #585FC5

analogous

#C58758 #C5BE58 #95C558

triadic

#C5BE58 #58C5BE #BE58C5

tetradic

#C5BE58 #58C587 #585FC5 #C55895

square

#C5BE58 #58C587 #585FC5 #C55895

split-complementary

#C5BE58 #5895C5 #8758C5

monochromatic

#79742A #A69F3A #C5BE58 #D5D085 #E5E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C5BE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C5BE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BE58

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BE58	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5be58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d18a',
    500: '#c5be58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5be58;
$custom-light: #d9d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5be58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 48.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BE58

secondary

#A6A9D3

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BE58

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

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