#C5AA46#C5AA46

#C5AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.122 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA46
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -1.66, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 53.62, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0087 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.122 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5080, 41.0640, 11.6910)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA46 #4661C5

analogous

#C56B46 #C5AA46 #A1C546

triadic

#C5AA46 #46C5AA #AA46C5

tetradic

#C5AA46 #46C56B #4661C5 #C546A1

square

#C5AA46 #46C56B #4661C5 #C546A1

split-complementary

#C5AA46 #46A1C5 #6B46C5

monochromatic

#6E5E23 #9D8631 #C5AA46 #D4BF75 #E2D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C5AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA46

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.122 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac37e',
    500: '#c5aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa46;
$custom-light: #dac37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74278,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA46

secondary

#98A4CF

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA46

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

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