#C5AA41#C5AA41

#C5AA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA41
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -1.97, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 55.77, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0101 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3567, 41.0034, 10.8941)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA41 #415CC5

analogous

#C56841 #C5AA41 #9EC541

triadic

#C5AA41 #41C5AA #AA41C5

tetradic

#C5AA41 #41C568 #415CC5 #C5419E

square

#C5AA41 #41C568 #415CC5 #C5419E

split-complementary

#C5AA41 #419EC5 #6841C5

monochromatic

#6B5C21 #9A842F #C5AA41 #D3BF70 #E2D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C5AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA41

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA41	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)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac37b',
    500: '#c5aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa41;
$custom-light: #dac37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74231,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA41

secondary

#94A0CE

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA41

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

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