#C5AC41#C5AC41

#C5AC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC41
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -3.03, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 56.37, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0132 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7344, 41.7590, 11.0200)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC41 #415AC5

analogous

#C56A41 #C5AC41 #9CC541

triadic

#C5AC41 #41C5AC #AC41C5

tetradic

#C5AC41 #41C56A #415AC5 #C5419C

square

#C5AC41 #41C56A #415AC5 #C5419C

split-complementary

#C5AC41 #419CC5 #6A41C5

monochromatic

#6B5D21 #9A862F #C5AC41 #D3C070 #E2D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C5AC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C5AC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC41

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC41	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac47b',
    500: '#c5ac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac41;
$custom-light: #dac47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC41

secondary

#949FCE

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC41

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

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