#C5AA3C#C5AA3C

#C5AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA3C
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -2.24, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 57.83, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0115 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2182, 40.9480, 10.1648)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA3C #3C57C5

analogous

#C5653C #C5AA3C #9CC53C

triadic

#C5AA3C #3CC5AA #AA3CC5

tetradic

#C5AA3C #3CC565 #3C57C5 #C53C9C

square

#C5AA3C #3CC565 #3C57C5 #C53C9C

split-complementary

#C5AA3C #3C9CC5 #653CC5

monochromatic

#68591F #97822D #C5AA3C #D3BF6B #E1D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C5AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C5AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA3C

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA3C	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)

#BBA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac278',
    500: '#c5aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa3c;
$custom-light: #dac278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA3C

secondary

#909CCD

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA3C

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

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