#C5AC4E#C5AC4E

#C5AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AC4E
RGB	rgb(197, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -2.19, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 50.66, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0092 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.117 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1553, 41.9273, 13.2366)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AC4E #4E67C5

analogous

#C5714E #C5AC4E #A3C54E

triadic

#C5AC4E #4EC5AC #AC4EC5

tetradic

#C5AC4E #4EC571 #4E67C5 #C54EA3

square

#C5AC4E #4EC571 #4E67C5 #C54EA3

split-complementary

#C5AC4E #4EA3C5 #714EC5

monochromatic

#736326 #A18A35 #C5AC4E #D4C27C #E3D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C5AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AC4E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AC4E	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c483',
    500: '#c5ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ac4e;
$custom-light: #d9c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AC4E

secondary

#9EA9D1

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AC4E

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

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