#C5AE3D#C5AE3D

#C5AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE3D
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -4.30, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 58.62, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0173 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0062, 42.4813, 10.5591)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE3D #3D54C5

analogous

#C56A3D #C5AE3D #98C53D

triadic

#C5AE3D #3DC5AE #AE3DC5

tetradic

#C5AE3D #3DC56A #3D54C5 #C53D98

square

#C5AE3D #3DC56A #3D54C5 #C53D98

split-complementary

#C5AE3D #3D98C5 #6A3DC5

monochromatic

#685C1F #98862D #C5AE3D #D3C26C #E1D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C5AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE3D

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE3D	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac579',
    500: '#c5ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae3d;
$custom-light: #dac579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE3D

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#63DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE3D

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

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