#C5AC44#C5AC44

#C5AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC44
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -2.85, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 55.10, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0123 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.125 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8237, 41.7947, 11.4899)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC44 #445DC5

analogous

#C56C44 #C5AC44 #9EC544

triadic

#C5AC44 #44C5AC #AC44C5

tetradic

#C5AC44 #44C56C #445DC5 #C5449E

square

#C5AC44 #44C56C #445DC5 #C5449E

split-complementary

#C5AC44 #449EC5 #6C44C5

monochromatic

#6D5E22 #9C8730 #C5AC44 #D3C173 #E2D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C5AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC44

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC44	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)

#BDA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac47d',
    500: '#c5ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac44;
$custom-light: #dac47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC44

secondary

#96A1CF

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC44

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

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