#C5AE4B#C5AE4B

#C5AE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4B
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -3.45, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 52.66, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0132 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4337, 42.6523, 12.8109)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4B #4B62C5

analogous

#C5714B #C5AE4B #9FC54B

triadic

#C5AE4B #4BC5AE #AE4BC5

tetradic

#C5AE4B #4BC571 #4B62C5 #C54B9F

square

#C5AE4B #4BC571 #4B62C5 #C54B9F

split-complementary

#C5AE4B #4B9FC5 #714BC5

monochromatic

#716324 #9F8B33 #C5AE4B #D4C379 #E3D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C5AE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4B	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)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac581',
    500: '#c5ae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4b;
$custom-light: #dac581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7516,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4B

secondary

#9CA6D0

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4B

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

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