#C5AE2A#C5AE2A

#C5AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE2A
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -5.15, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 65.46, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0216 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5819, 42.3116, 8.3248)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE2A #2A41C5

analogous

#C5612A #C5AE2A #8FC52A

triadic

#C5AE2A #2AC5AE #AE2AC5

tetradic

#C5AE2A #2AC561 #2A41C5 #C52A8F

square

#C5AE2A #2AC561 #2A41C5 #C52A8F

split-complementary

#C5AE2A #2A8FC5 #612AC5

monochromatic

#605514 #93811F #C5AE2A #DAC652 #E5D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C5AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C5AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE2A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE2A	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)

#C0A906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc56f',
    500: '#c5ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae2a;
$custom-light: #dbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE2A

secondary

#7D89CE

accent

#59E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE2A

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

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