#C5AE43#C5AE43

#C5AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE43
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -3.96, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 56.14, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0156 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(39.1769, 42.5496, 11.4584)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE43 #435AC5

analogous

#C56D43 #C5AE43 #9BC543

triadic

#C5AE43 #43C5AE #AE43C5

tetradic

#C5AE43 #43C56D #435AC5 #C5439B

square

#C5AE43 #43C56D #435AC5 #C5439B

split-complementary

#C5AE43 #439BC5 #6D43C5

monochromatic

#6C5F21 #9B8830 #C5AE43 #D3C272 #E2D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C5AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE43

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE43	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac57c',
    500: '#c5ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae43;
$custom-light: #dac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE43

secondary

#959FCE

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE43

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

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