#C5AE49#C5AE49

#C5AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE49
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -3.59, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 53.55, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0138 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.123 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3663, 42.6253, 12.4560)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE49 #4960C5

analogous

#C57049 #C5AE49 #9EC549

triadic

#C5AE49 #49C5AE #AE49C5

tetradic

#C5AE49 #49C570 #4960C5 #C5499E

square

#C5AE49 #49C570 #4960C5 #C5499E

split-complementary

#C5AE49 #499EC5 #7049C5

monochromatic

#706224 #9E8A32 #C5AE49 #D4C377 #E3D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C5AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE49

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE49	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac580',
    500: '#c5ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae49;
$custom-light: #dac580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE49

secondary

#9AA4D0

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE49

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

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