#C5AF41#C5AF41

#C5AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF41
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -4.61, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 57.30, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0177 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3119, 42.9138, 11.2125)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF41 #4157C5

analogous

#C56D41 #C5AF41 #99C541

triadic

#C5AF41 #41C5AF #AF41C5

tetradic

#C5AF41 #41C56D #4157C5 #C54199

square

#C5AF41 #41C56D #4157C5 #C54199

split-complementary

#C5AF41 #4199C5 #6D41C5

monochromatic

#6B5F21 #9A882F #C5AF41 #D3C370 #E2D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C5AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C5AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF41

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac67b',
    500: '#c5af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af41;
$custom-light: #dac67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF41

secondary

#949ECE

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF41

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

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