#C5AA3D#C5AA3D

#C5AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA3D
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -2.19, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 57.43, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0112 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.129 95)
XYZ	xyz(38.2449, 40.9587, 10.3053)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA3D #3D58C5

analogous

#C5663D #C5AA3D #9CC53D

triadic

#C5AA3D #3DC5AA #AA3DC5

tetradic

#C5AA3D #3DC566 #3D58C5 #C53D9C

square

#C5AA3D #3DC566 #3D58C5 #C53D9C

split-complementary

#C5AA3D #3D9CC5 #663DC5

monochromatic

#685A1F #98822D #C5AA3D #D3BF6C #E1D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C5AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA3D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA3D	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BBA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac278',
    500: '#c5aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa3d;
$custom-light: #dac278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA3D

secondary

#919DCD

accent

#68DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA3D

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

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