#C5AC38#C5AC38

#C5AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC38
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -3.51, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 59.99, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0156 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4942, 41.6629, 9.7548)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC38 #3851C5

analogous

#C56638 #C5AC38 #97C538

triadic

#C5AC38 #38C5AC #AC38C5

tetradic

#C5AC38 #38C566 #3851C5 #C53897

square

#C5AC38 #38C566 #3851C5 #C53897

split-complementary

#C5AC38 #3897C5 #6638C5

monochromatic

#66591D #95822A #C5AC38 #D4C067 #E1D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C5AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C5AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC38

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC38	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac476',
    500: '#c5ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac38;
$custom-light: #dac476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC38

secondary

#8C98CD

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC38

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

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