#C5AA47#C5AA47

#C5AA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA47
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -1.60, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 53.18, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0083 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5398, 41.0767, 11.8586)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA47 #4762C5

analogous

#C56B47 #C5AA47 #A1C547

triadic

#C5AA47 #47C5AA #AA47C5

tetradic

#C5AA47 #47C56B #4762C5 #C547A1

square

#C5AA47 #47C56B #4762C5 #C547A1

split-complementary

#C5AA47 #47A1C5 #6B47C5

monochromatic

#6F5E23 #9D8632 #C5AA47 #D4BF76 #E2D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C5AA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA47

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA47	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac37e',
    500: '#c5aa47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa47;
$custom-light: #dac37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74287,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA47

secondary

#99A4CF

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA47

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

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