#C5AC43#C5AC43

#C5AC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC43
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -2.91, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 55.52, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0126 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7934, 41.7826, 11.3306)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC43 #435CC5

analogous

#C56B43 #C5AC43 #9DC543

triadic

#C5AC43 #43C5AC #AC43C5

tetradic

#C5AC43 #43C56B #435CC5 #C5439D

square

#C5AC43 #43C56B #435CC5 #C5439D

split-complementary

#C5AC43 #439DC5 #6B43C5

monochromatic

#6C5E21 #9B8630 #C5AC43 #D3C172 #E2D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C5AC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC43

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC43	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac47c',
    500: '#c5ac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac43;
$custom-light: #dac47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC43

secondary

#95A0CE

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC43

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

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