#C5AE41#C5AE41

#C5AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE41
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -4.08, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 56.98, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0162 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1180, 42.5260, 11.1479)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE41 #4158C5

analogous

#C56C41 #C5AE41 #9AC541

triadic

#C5AE41 #41C5AE #AE41C5

tetradic

#C5AE41 #41C56C #4158C5 #C5419A

square

#C5AE41 #41C56C #4158C5 #C5419A

split-complementary

#C5AE41 #419AC5 #6C41C5

monochromatic

#6B5E21 #9A872F #C5AE41 #D3C270 #E2D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C5AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE41

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE41	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac57b',
    500: '#c5ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae41;
$custom-light: #dac57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE41

secondary

#949ECE

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →