#C5AA3B#C5AA3B

#C5AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA3B
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -2.30, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 58.23, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0118 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1920, 40.9376, 10.0269)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA3B #3B56C5

analogous

#C5653B #C5AA3B #9BC53B

triadic

#C5AA3B #3BC5AA #AA3BC5

tetradic

#C5AA3B #3BC565 #3B56C5 #C53B9B

square

#C5AA3B #3BC565 #3B56C5 #C53B9B

split-complementary

#C5AA3B #3B9BC5 #653BC5

monochromatic

#67591F #96822C #C5AA3B #D3BE6A #E1D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C5AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C5AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA3B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA3B	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac277',
    500: '#c5aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa3b;
$custom-light: #dac277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA3B

secondary

#8F9BCD

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA3B

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

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