#C5AE4F#C5AE4F

#C5AE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE4F
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -3.18, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 50.85, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0119 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5749, 42.7088, 13.5547)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE4F #4F66C5

analogous

#C5734F #C5AE4F #A1C54F

triadic

#C5AE4F #4FC5AE #AE4FC5

tetradic

#C5AE4F #4FC573 #4F66C5 #C54FA1

square

#C5AE4F #4FC573 #4F66C5 #C54FA1

split-complementary

#C5AE4F #4FA1C5 #734FC5

monochromatic

#746426 #A28C35 #C5AE4F #D4C37D #E3D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C5AE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE4F

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE4F	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)

#BEAA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c584',
    500: '#c5ae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae4f;
$custom-light: #d9c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE4F

secondary

#9FA9D1

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE4F

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

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