#C5AC3A#C5AC3A

#C5AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC3A
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -3.41, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 59.21, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.015 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.133 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5441, 41.6828, 10.0175)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC3A #3A53C5

analogous

#C5673A #C5AC3A #98C53A

triadic

#C5AC3A #3AC5AC #AC3AC5

tetradic

#C5AC3A #3AC567 #3A53C5 #C53A98

square

#C5AC3A #3AC567 #3A53C5 #C53A98

split-complementary

#C5AC3A #3A98C5 #673AC5

monochromatic

#66591E #96832C #C5AC3A #D3C069 #E1D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C5AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C5AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC3A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC3A	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac477',
    500: '#c5ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac3a;
$custom-light: #dac477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC3A

secondary

#8E99CD

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC3A

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

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