#C5AE4C#C5AE4C

#C5AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4C
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -3.39, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 52.21, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0129 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.12 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4682, 42.6661, 12.9925)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4C #4C63C5

analogous

#C5714C #C5AE4C #9FC54C

triadic

#C5AE4C #4CC5AE #AE4CC5

tetradic

#C5AE4C #4CC571 #4C63C5 #C54C9F

square

#C5AE4C #4CC571 #4C63C5 #C54C9F

split-complementary

#C5AE4C #4C9FC5 #714CC5

monochromatic

#726325 #A08B34 #C5AE4C #D4C37A #E3D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C5AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4C

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4C	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)

#BEAA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c582',
    500: '#c5ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4c;
$custom-light: #d9c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75171,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4C

secondary

#9CA6D0

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4C

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

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