#C5AF39#C5AF39

#C5AF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF39
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -5.04, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 60.50, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0198 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.136 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0963, 42.8276, 10.0773)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF39 #394FC5

analogous

#C56939 #C5AF39 #95C539

triadic

#C5AF39 #39C5AF #AF39C5

tetradic

#C5AF39 #39C569 #394FC5 #C53995

square

#C5AF39 #39C569 #394FC5 #C53995

split-complementary

#C5AF39 #3995C5 #6939C5

monochromatic

#665B1E #96852B #C5AF39 #D3C268 #E1D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C5AF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C5AF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF39

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF39	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac677',
    500: '#c5af39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af39;
$custom-light: #dac677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75208,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF39

secondary

#8D97CD

accent

#61DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF39

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

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