#C5AF2A#C5AF2A

#C5AF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF2A
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -5.68, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 65.75, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0231 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7758, 42.6994, 8.3894)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF2A #2A40C5

analogous

#C5622A #C5AF2A #8EC52A

triadic

#C5AF2A #2AC5AF #AF2AC5

tetradic

#C5AF2A #2AC562 #2A40C5 #C52A8E

square

#C5AF2A #2AC562 #2A40C5 #C52A8E

split-complementary

#C5AF2A #2A8EC5 #622AC5

monochromatic

#605514 #93821F #C5AF2A #DAC752 #E5D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C5AF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF2A

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF2A	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)

#C1AA05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc66f',
    500: '#c5af2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af2a;
$custom-light: #dbc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF2A

secondary

#7D88CE

accent

#58E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF2A

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

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