#C5AC49#C5AC49

#C5AC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC49
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -2.53, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 52.91, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0108 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.121 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9828, 41.8583, 12.3282)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC49 #4962C5

analogous

#C56E49 #C5AC49 #A0C549

triadic

#C5AC49 #49C5AC #AC49C5

tetradic

#C5AC49 #49C56E #4962C5 #C549A0

square

#C5AC49 #49C56E #4962C5 #C549A0

split-complementary

#C5AC49 #49A0C5 #6E49C5

monochromatic

#706124 #9E8932 #C5AC49 #D4C177 #E3D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C5AC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC49

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC49	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac480',
    500: '#c5ac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac49;
$custom-light: #dac480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC49

secondary

#9AA5D0

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC49

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

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