#C5A949#C5A949

#C5A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A949
RGB	rgb(197, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -0.94, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 52.00, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0062 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.119 93)
XYZ	xyz(38.4183, 40.7293, 12.1400)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A949 #4965C5

analogous

#C56B49 #C5A949 #A3C549

triadic

#C5A949 #49C5A9 #A949C5

tetradic

#C5A949 #49C56B #4965C5 #C549A3

square

#C5A949 #49C56B #4965C5 #C549A3

split-complementary

#C5A949 #49A3C5 #6B49C5

monochromatic

#705F24 #9E8632 #C5A949 #D4BF77 #E3D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C5A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C5A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A949

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A949	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac280',
    500: '#c5a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a949;
$custom-light: #dac280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A949

secondary

#9AA6D0

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A949

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

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