#C5AD4E#C5AD4E

#C5AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD4E
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -2.72, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 50.98, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0107 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.118 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3463, 42.3094, 13.3003)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD4E #4E66C5

analogous

#C5724E #C5AD4E #A2C54E

triadic

#C5AD4E #4EC5AD #AD4EC5

tetradic

#C5AD4E #4EC572 #4E66C5 #C54EA2

square

#C5AD4E #4EC572 #4E66C5 #C54EA2

split-complementary

#C5AD4E #4EA2C5 #724EC5

monochromatic

#736326 #A18B35 #C5AD4E #D4C27C #E3D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C5AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C5AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD4E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD4E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c583',
    500: '#c5ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad4e;
$custom-light: #d9c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD4E

secondary

#9EA8D1

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD4E

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

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