#C5AE4A#C5AE4A

#C5AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4A
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -3.52, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 53.11, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0135 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.122 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3997, 42.6387, 12.6320)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4A #4A61C5

analogous

#C5704A #C5AE4A #9FC54A

triadic

#C5AE4A #4AC5AE #AE4AC5

tetradic

#C5AE4A #4AC570 #4A61C5 #C54A9F

square

#C5AE4A #4AC570 #4A61C5 #C54A9F

split-complementary

#C5AE4A #4A9FC5 #704AC5

monochromatic

#716224 #9F8B33 #C5AE4A #D4C378 #E3D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C5AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4A	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac581',
    500: '#c5ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4a;
$custom-light: #dac581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7515,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4A

secondary

#9BA5D0

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4A

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

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