#C5A944#C5A944

#C5A944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A944
RGB	rgb(197, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -1.26, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 54.20, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0077 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.123 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2592, 40.6656, 11.3018)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A944 #4460C5

analogous

#C56944 #C5A944 #A0C544

triadic

#C5A944 #44C5A9 #A944C5

tetradic

#C5A944 #44C569 #4460C5 #C544A0

square

#C5A944 #44C569 #4460C5 #C544A0

split-complementary

#C5A944 #44A0C5 #6944C5

monochromatic

#6D5D22 #9C8430 #C5A944 #D3BE73 #E2D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C5A944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C5A944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A944

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A944	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac27d',
    500: '#c5a944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a944;
$custom-light: #dac27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74051,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A944

secondary

#96A2CF

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A944

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

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