#C5AE37#C5AE37

#C5AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE37
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -4.61, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 60.96, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0188 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8535, 42.4202, 9.7551)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE37 #374EC5

analogous

#C56737 #C5AE37 #95C537

triadic

#C5AE37 #37C5AE #AE37C5

tetradic

#C5AE37 #37C567 #374EC5 #C53795

square

#C5AE37 #37C567 #374EC5 #C53795

split-complementary

#C5AE37 #3795C5 #6737C5

monochromatic

#65591C #95842A #C5AE37 #D4C265 #E1D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C5AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE37

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE37	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac576',
    500: '#c5ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae37;
$custom-light: #dac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE37

secondary

#8B96CD

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE37

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

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