#C5AD34#C5AD34

#C5AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD34
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -4.22, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 61.78, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.018 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5913, 42.0074, 9.3237)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD34 #344CC5

analogous

#C56534 #C5AD34 #95C534

triadic

#C5AD34 #34C5AD #AD34C5

tetradic

#C5AD34 #34C565 #344CC5 #C53495

square

#C5AD34 #34C565 #344CC5 #C53495

split-complementary

#C5AD34 #3495C5 #6534C5

monochromatic

#64581A #958227 #C5AD34 #D5C261 #E2D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C5AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C5AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD34

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD34	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc574',
    500: '#c5ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad34;
$custom-light: #dbc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD34

secondary

#8893CD

accent

#60E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD34

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

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