#C5AC45#C5AC45

#C5AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC45
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -2.79, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 54.67, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.012 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8545, 41.8070, 11.6520)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC45 #455EC5

analogous

#C56C45 #C5AC45 #9EC545

triadic

#C5AC45 #45C5AC #AC45C5

tetradic

#C5AC45 #45C56C #455EC5 #C5459E

square

#C5AC45 #45C56C #455EC5 #C5459E

split-complementary

#C5AC45 #459EC5 #6C45C5

monochromatic

#6D5F22 #9C8731 #C5AC45 #D4C174 #E2D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C5AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC45

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac47d',
    500: '#c5ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac45;
$custom-light: #dac47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC45

secondary

#97A2CF

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC45

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

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