#C5AF43#C5AF43

#C5AF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AF43
RGB	rgb(197, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -4.49, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 56.46, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0171 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3708, 42.9374, 11.5231)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AF43 #4359C5

analogous

#C56E43 #C5AF43 #9AC543

triadic

#C5AF43 #43C5AF #AF43C5

tetradic

#C5AF43 #43C56E #4359C5 #C5439A

square

#C5AF43 #43C56E #4359C5 #C5439A

split-complementary

#C5AF43 #439AC5 #6E43C5

monochromatic

#6C6021 #9B8930 #C5AF43 #D3C372 #E2D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C5AF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C5AF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AF43

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AF43	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5af43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac67c',
    500: '#c5af43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5af43;
$custom-light: #dac67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5af43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AF43

secondary

#959FCE

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AF43

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

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