#C5AF3E#C5AF3E

#C5AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF3E
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -4.77, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 58.53, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0185 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2273, 42.8800, 10.7669)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF3E #3E54C5

analogous

#C56B3E #C5AF3E #97C53E

triadic

#C5AF3E #3EC5AF #AF3EC5

tetradic

#C5AF3E #3EC56B #3E54C5 #C53E97

square

#C5AF3E #3EC56B #3E54C5 #C53E97

split-complementary

#C5AF3E #3E97C5 #6B3EC5

monochromatic

#695D20 #98872E #C5AF3E #D3C36D #E1D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C5AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C5AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF3E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF3E	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac679',
    500: '#c5af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af3e;
$custom-light: #dac679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75248,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF3E

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF3E

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

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