#C5AA4E#C5AA4E

#C5AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA4E
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -1.13, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 50.04, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0061 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.116 93)
XYZ	xyz(38.7775, 41.1718, 13.1107)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA4E #4E69C5

analogous

#C56F4E #C5AA4E #A4C54E

triadic

#C5AA4E #4EC5AA #AA4EC5

tetradic

#C5AA4E #4EC56F #4E69C5 #C54EA4

square

#C5AA4E #4EC56F #4E69C5 #C54EA4

split-complementary

#C5AA4E #4EA4C5 #6F4EC5

monochromatic

#736126 #A18835 #C5AA4E #D4C07C #E3D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C5AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA4E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA4E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c383',
    500: '#c5aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa4e;
$custom-light: #d9c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.4117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA4E

secondary

#9EAAD1

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA4E

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

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