#C5AA49#C5AA49

#C5AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA49
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -1.47, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 52.30, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0077 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.12 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6051, 41.1028, 12.2022)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA49 #4964C5

analogous

#C56C49 #C5AA49 #A2C549

triadic

#C5AA49 #49C5AA #AA49C5

tetradic

#C5AA49 #49C56C #4964C5 #C549A2

square

#C5AA49 #49C56C #4964C5 #C549A2

split-complementary

#C5AA49 #49A2C5 #6C49C5

monochromatic

#705F24 #9E8732 #C5AA49 #D4C077 #E3D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C5AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C5AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA49

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac380',
    500: '#c5aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa49;
$custom-light: #dac380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA49

secondary

#9AA6D0

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA49

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

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