#C5AD2A#C5AD2A

#C5AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.143 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD2A
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -4.63, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 65.19, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0201 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.143 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3895, 41.9266, 8.2606)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD2A #2A42C5

analogous

#C5602A #C5AD2A #90C52A

triadic

#C5AD2A #2AC5AD #AD2AC5

tetradic

#C5AD2A #2AC560 #2A42C5 #C52A90

square

#C5AD2A #2AC560 #2A42C5 #C52A90

split-complementary

#C5AD2A #2A90C5 #602AC5

monochromatic

#605414 #93811F #C5AD2A #DAC552 #E5D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C5AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C5AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD2A

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD2A	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)

#BFA907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.143 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc56f',
    500: '#c5ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad2a;
$custom-light: #dbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD2A

secondary

#7D89CE

accent

#5AE840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD2A

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

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