#C5AB2A#C5AB2A

#C5AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB2A
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -3.58, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 64.65, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0172 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.0088, 41.1654, 8.1337)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB2A #2A44C5

analogous

#C55D2A #C5AB2A #92C52A

triadic

#C5AB2A #2AC5AB #AB2AC5

tetradic

#C5AB2A #2AC55D #2A44C5 #C52A92

square

#C5AB2A #2AC55D #2A44C5 #C52A92

split-complementary

#C5AB2A #2A92C5 #5D2AC5

monochromatic

#605314 #937F1F #C5AB2A #DAC352 #E5D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C5AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB2A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB2A	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)

#BDA709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc36f',
    500: '#c5ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab2a;
$custom-light: #dbc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB2A

secondary

#7D8ACE

accent

#5CE840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB2A

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

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