#C5A74B#C5A74B

#C5A74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A74B
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 0.26, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 50.51, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0025 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.116 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1165, 40.0178, 12.3718)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A74B #4B69C5

analogous

#C56A4B #C5A74B #A6C54B

triadic

#C5A74B #4BC5A7 #A74BC5

tetradic

#C5A74B #4BC56A #4B69C5 #C54BA6

square

#C5A74B #4BC56A #4B69C5 #C54BA6

split-complementary

#C5A74B #4BA6C5 #6A4BC5

monochromatic

#715E24 #9F8533 #C5A74B #D4BE79 #E3D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C5A74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C5A74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A74B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A74B	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac081',
    500: '#c5a74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a74b;
$custom-light: #dac081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A74B

secondary

#9CA9D0

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A74B

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

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