#C5AA38#C5AA38

#C5AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA38
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -2.45, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 59.41, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0125 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.133 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1164, 40.9073, 9.6288)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA38 #3853C5

analogous

#C56438 #C5AA38 #99C538

triadic

#C5AA38 #38C5AA #AA38C5

tetradic

#C5AA38 #38C564 #3853C5 #C53899

square

#C5AA38 #38C564 #3853C5 #C53899

split-complementary

#C5AA38 #3899C5 #6438C5

monochromatic

#66581D #95812A #C5AA38 #D4BF67 #E1D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C5AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C5AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA38

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA38	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac276',
    500: '#c5aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa38;
$custom-light: #dac276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA38

secondary

#8C99CD

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA38

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

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