#C5AF34#C5AF34

#C5AF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF34
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -5.27, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 62.36, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.021 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.139 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9777, 42.7801, 9.4525)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF34 #344AC5

analogous

#C56734 #C5AF34 #93C534

triadic

#C5AF34 #34C5AF #AF34C5

tetradic

#C5AF34 #34C567 #344AC5 #C53493

square

#C5AF34 #34C567 #344AC5 #C53493

split-complementary

#C5AF34 #3493C5 #6734C5

monochromatic

#64591A #958427 #C5AF34 #D5C461 #E2D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C5AF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF34

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF34	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac674',
    500: '#c5af34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af34;
$custom-light: #dac674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF34

secondary

#8892CD

accent

#5EE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF34

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

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