#C5AB38#C5AB38

#C5AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB38
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -2.98, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.70, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.014 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3046, 41.2837, 9.6916)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB38 #3852C5

analogous

#C56538 #C5AB38 #99C538

triadic

#C5AB38 #38C5AB #AB38C5

tetradic

#C5AB38 #38C565 #3852C5 #C53899

square

#C5AB38 #38C565 #3852C5 #C53899

split-complementary

#C5AB38 #3899C5 #6538C5

monochromatic

#66581D #95822A #C5AB38 #D4C067 #E1D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C5AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB38

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB38	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac376',
    500: '#c5ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab38;
$custom-light: #dac376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB38

secondary

#8C98CD

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB38

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

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