#C5AD3D#C5AD3D

#C5AD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD3D
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -3.78, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 58.31, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0158 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8137, 42.0963, 10.4949)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD3D #3D55C5

analogous

#C5693D #C5AD3D #99C53D

triadic

#C5AD3D #3DC5AD #AD3DC5

tetradic

#C5AD3D #3DC569 #3D55C5 #C53D99

square

#C5AD3D #3DC569 #3D55C5 #C53D99

split-complementary

#C5AD3D #3D99C5 #693DC5

monochromatic

#685B1F #98852D #C5AD3D #D3C16C #E1D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C5AD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C5AD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD3D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD3D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac579',
    500: '#c5ad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad3d;
$custom-light: #dac579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74821,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD3D

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD3D

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

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