#C5AE34#C5AE34

#C5AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE34
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -4.75, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 62.07, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0195 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.138 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7838, 42.3923, 9.3878)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE34 #344BC5

analogous

#C56634 #C5AE34 #94C534

triadic

#C5AE34 #34C5AE #AE34C5

tetradic

#C5AE34 #34C566 #344BC5 #C53494

square

#C5AE34 #34C566 #344BC5 #C53494

split-complementary

#C5AE34 #3494C5 #6634C5

monochromatic

#64581A #958327 #C5AE34 #D5C361 #E2D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C5AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C5AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE34

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE34	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac574',
    500: '#c5ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae34;
$custom-light: #dac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE34

secondary

#8893CD

accent

#5FE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE34

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

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