#C5AA34#C5AA34

#C5AA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA34
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -2.64, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 60.93, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0135 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0225, 40.8698, 9.1341)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA34 #344FC5

analogous

#C56234 #C5AA34 #98C534

triadic

#C5AA34 #34C5AA #AA34C5

tetradic

#C5AA34 #34C562 #344FC5 #C53498

square

#C5AA34 #34C562 #344FC5 #C53498

split-complementary

#C5AA34 #3498C5 #6234C5

monochromatic

#64561A #958027 #C5AA34 #D5C061 #E2D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C5AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C5AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA34

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA34	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)

#BCA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc274',
    500: '#c5aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa34;
$custom-light: #dbc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74126,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA34

secondary

#8895CD

accent

#63E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA34

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

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