#C5AA3F#C5AA3F

#C5AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA3F
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -2.08, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 56.61, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0107 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2998, 40.9807, 10.5944)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA3F #3F5AC5

analogous

#C5673F #C5AA3F #9DC53F

triadic

#C5AA3F #3FC5AA #AA3FC5

tetradic

#C5AA3F #3FC567 #3F5AC5 #C53F9D

square

#C5AA3F #3FC567 #3F5AC5 #C53F9D

split-complementary

#C5AA3F #3F9DC5 #673FC5

monochromatic

#6A5B20 #99832E #C5AA3F #D3BF6E #E1D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C5AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA3F

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA3F	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac27a',
    500: '#c5aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa3f;
$custom-light: #dac27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA3F

secondary

#929ECE

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA3F

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

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