#C5AD3F#C5AD3F

#C5AD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD3F
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -3.67, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 57.50, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0152 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8686, 42.1183, 10.7840)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD3F #3F57C5

analogous

#C56A3F #C5AD3F #9AC53F

triadic

#C5AD3F #3FC5AD #AD3FC5

tetradic

#C5AD3F #3FC56A #3F57C5 #C53F9A

square

#C5AD3F #3FC56A #3F57C5 #C53F9A

split-complementary

#C5AD3F #3F9AC5 #6A3FC5

monochromatic

#6A5C20 #99862E #C5AD3F #D3C16E #E1D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C5AD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C5AD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD3F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD3F	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)

#BEA930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac57a',
    500: '#c5ad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad3f;
$custom-light: #dac57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD3F

secondary

#929DCE

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD3F

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

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