#C5AE4D#C5AE4D

#C5AE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4D
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -3.32, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 51.76, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0126 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.5032, 42.6801, 13.1770)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4D #4D64C5

analogous

#C5724D #C5AE4D #A0C54D

triadic

#C5AE4D #4DC5AE #AE4DC5

tetradic

#C5AE4D #4DC572 #4D64C5 #C54DA0

square

#C5AE4D #4DC572 #4D64C5 #C54DA0

split-complementary

#C5AE4D #4DA0C5 #724DC5

monochromatic

#726425 #A08C34 #C5AE4D #D4C37B #E3D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C5AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4D

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4D	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c582',
    500: '#c5ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4d;
$custom-light: #d9c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4D

secondary

#9DA7D1

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4D

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

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