#C5AA44#C5AA44

#C5AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA44
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -1.79, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 54.49, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0093 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.124 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4459, 41.0391, 11.3640)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA44 #445FC5

analogous

#C56A44 #C5AA44 #A0C544

triadic

#C5AA44 #44C5AA #AA44C5

tetradic

#C5AA44 #44C56A #445FC5 #C544A0

square

#C5AA44 #44C56A #445FC5 #C544A0

split-complementary

#C5AA44 #44A0C5 #6A44C5

monochromatic

#6D5D22 #9C8530 #C5AA44 #D3BF73 #E2D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C5AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA44

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA44	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac37d',
    500: '#c5aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa44;
$custom-light: #dac37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA44

secondary

#96A2CF

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA44

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

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