#C5AC2A#C5AC2A

#C5AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC2A
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -4.10, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 64.92, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0187 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1984, 41.5446, 8.1969)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC2A #2A43C5

analogous

#C55F2A #C5AC2A #90C52A

triadic

#C5AC2A #2AC5AC #AC2AC5

tetradic

#C5AC2A #2AC55F #2A43C5 #C52A90

square

#C5AC2A #2AC55F #2A43C5 #C52A90

split-complementary

#C5AC2A #2A90C5 #5F2AC5

monochromatic

#605414 #93801F #C5AC2A #DAC452 #E5D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C5AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C5AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC2A

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC2A	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc46f',
    500: '#c5ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac2a;
$custom-light: #dbc46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74481,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC2A

secondary

#7D8ACE

accent

#5BE840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC2A

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

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