#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
RGBrgb(197, 169, 68)
HSLhsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(47, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.94, -1.26, 54.18)
CIE-LCHlch(69.94, 54.20, 91.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.05% -0.0077 0.123)
OKLCHoklch(74.05% 0.123 93.6)
XYZxyz(38.2592, 40.6656, 11.3018)
Luminance0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C5A9441.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

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

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#C5A944 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva