#C5AB39#C5AB39

#C5AB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB39
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -2.93, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 59.31, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0138 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(38.3293, 41.2936, 9.8217)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB39 #3953C5

analogous

#C56539 #C5AB39 #99C539

triadic

#C5AB39 #39C5AB #AB39C5

tetradic

#C5AB39 #39C565 #3953C5 #C53999

square

#C5AB39 #39C565 #3953C5 #C53999

split-complementary

#C5AB39 #3999C5 #6539C5

monochromatic

#66591E #96822B #C5AB39 #D3BF68 #E1D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C5AB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB39

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac376',
    500: '#c5ab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab39;
$custom-light: #dac376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74372,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.41292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB39

secondary

#8D99CD

accent

#65DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB39

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

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