#C5AE39#C5AE39

#C5AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE39
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -4.51, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 60.19, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0183 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9024, 42.4398, 10.0127)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE39 #3950C5

analogous

#C56839 #C5AE39 #96C539

triadic

#C5AE39 #39C5AE #AE39C5

tetradic

#C5AE39 #39C568 #3950C5 #C53996

square

#C5AE39 #39C568 #3950C5 #C53996

split-complementary

#C5AE39 #3996C5 #6839C5

monochromatic

#665A1E #96842B #C5AE39 #D3C268 #E1D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C5AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE39

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE39	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac577',
    500: '#c5ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae39;
$custom-light: #dac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE39

secondary

#8D98CD

accent

#62DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE39

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

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