#C5AC3B#C5AC3B

#C5AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC3B
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -3.35, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 58.81, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0148 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5698, 41.6931, 10.1528)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC3B #3B54C5

analogous

#C5673B #C5AC3B #99C53B

triadic

#C5AC3B #3BC5AC #AC3BC5

tetradic

#C5AC3B #3BC567 #3B54C5 #C53B99

square

#C5AC3B #3BC567 #3B54C5 #C53B99

split-complementary

#C5AC3B #3B99C5 #673BC5

monochromatic

#675A1F #96832C #C5AC3B #D3C06A #E1D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C5AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C5AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC3B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac478',
    500: '#c5ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac3b;
$custom-light: #dac478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74596,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC3B

secondary

#8F9ACD

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC3B

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

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