#C5AB34#C5AB34

#C5AB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB34
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -3.17, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 61.21, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.015 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.136 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2107, 41.2461, 9.1968)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB34 #344EC5

analogous

#C56334 #C5AB34 #97C534

triadic

#C5AB34 #34C5AB #AB34C5

tetradic

#C5AB34 #34C563 #344EC5 #C53497

square

#C5AB34 #34C563 #344EC5 #C53497

split-complementary

#C5AB34 #3497C5 #6334C5

monochromatic

#64571A #958127 #C5AB34 #D5C061 #E2D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C5AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB34

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB34	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc374',
    500: '#c5ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab34;
$custom-light: #dbc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB34

secondary

#8894CD

accent

#62E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB34

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

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