#C5AC34#C5AC34

#C5AC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC34
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -3.70, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 61.49, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0165 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.4003, 41.6253, 9.2600)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC34 #344DC5

analogous

#C56434 #C5AC34 #96C534

triadic

#C5AC34 #34C5AC #AC34C5

tetradic

#C5AC34 #34C564 #344DC5 #C53496

square

#C5AC34 #34C564 #344DC5 #C53496

split-complementary

#C5AC34 #3496C5 #6434C5

monochromatic

#64571A #958227 #C5AC34 #D5C161 #E2D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C5AC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C5AC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC34

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC34	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc474',
    500: '#c5ac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac34;
$custom-light: #dbc474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC34

secondary

#8894CD

accent

#61E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC34

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

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