#C5AB49#C5AB49

#C5AB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB49
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -2.00, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 52.60, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0093 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.121 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7932, 41.4791, 12.2650)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB49 #4963C5

analogous

#C56D49 #C5AB49 #A1C549

triadic

#C5AB49 #49C5AB #AB49C5

tetradic

#C5AB49 #49C56D #4963C5 #C549A1

square

#C5AB49 #49C56D #4963C5 #C549A1

split-complementary

#C5AB49 #49A1C5 #6D49C5

monochromatic

#706024 #9E8832 #C5AB49 #D4C077 #E3D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C5AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C5AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB49

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB49	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac380',
    500: '#c5ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab49;
$custom-light: #dac380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74515,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB49

secondary

#9AA5D0

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB49

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

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