#C5AE4E#C5AE4E

#C5AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4E
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -3.25, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 51.31, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0122 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5388, 42.6943, 13.3644)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4E #4E65C5

analogous

#C5734E #C5AE4E #A1C54E

triadic

#C5AE4E #4EC5AE #AE4EC5

tetradic

#C5AE4E #4EC573 #4E65C5 #C54EA1

square

#C5AE4E #4EC573 #4E65C5 #C54EA1

split-complementary

#C5AE4E #4EA1C5 #734EC5

monochromatic

#736426 #A18C35 #C5AE4E #D4C37C #E3D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C5AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4E	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)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c583',
    500: '#c5ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4e;
$custom-light: #d9c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75192,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4E

secondary

#9EA8D1

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4E

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

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