#C5AA33#C5AA33

#C5AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA33
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -2.68, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 61.29, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0137 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.136 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0002, 40.8608, 9.0167)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA33 #334EC5

analogous

#C56133 #C5AA33 #97C533

triadic

#C5AA33 #33C5AA #AA33C5

tetradic

#C5AA33 #33C561 #334EC5 #C53397

square

#C5AA33 #33C561 #334EC5 #C53397

split-complementary

#C5AA33 #3397C5 #6133C5

monochromatic

#64561A #948026 #C5AA33 #D6C05F #E2D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C5AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C5AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA33

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA33	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc273',
    500: '#c5aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa33;
$custom-light: #dbc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA33

secondary

#8794CD

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA33

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

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