#C5AA50#C5AA50

#C5AA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AA50
RGB	rgb(197, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -0.98, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 49.12, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0055 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.114 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8503, 41.2009, 13.4941)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AA50 #506BC5

analogous

#C57050 #C5AA50 #A6C550

triadic

#C5AA50 #50C5AA #AA50C5

tetradic

#C5AA50 #50C570 #506BC5 #C550A6

square

#C5AA50 #50C570 #506BC5 #C550A6

split-complementary

#C5AA50 #50A6C5 #7050C5

monochromatic

#746226 #A28936 #C5AA50 #D4C07E #E3D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C5AA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AA50

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AA50	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c384',
    500: '#c5aa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aa50;
$custom-light: #d9c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AA50

secondary

#A0ABD1

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AA50

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

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