#C5AE3F#C5AE3F

#C5AE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE3F
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -4.19, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 57.81, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0167 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0610, 42.5032, 10.8481)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE3F #3F56C5

analogous

#C56B3F #C5AE3F #99C53F

triadic

#C5AE3F #3FC5AE #AE3FC5

tetradic

#C5AE3F #3FC56B #3F56C5 #C53F99

square

#C5AE3F #3FC56B #3F56C5 #C53F99

split-complementary

#C5AE3F #3F99C5 #6B3FC5

monochromatic

#6A5D20 #99862E #C5AE3F #D3C26E #E1D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C5AE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE3F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE3F	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)

#BFAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac57a',
    500: '#c5ae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae3f;
$custom-light: #dac57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75047,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE3F

secondary

#929CCE

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE3F

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

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