#c5aa30

Color #c5aa30

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 13.06 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c5aa30

RGB

rgb(197, 170, 48)

HSL

hsl(49.1, 60.8%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.1, 75.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75.6%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(70.06, -2.81, 62.31)

LCH

lch(70.06, 62.37, 92.58)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1374, 96.02)

HWB

hwb(49.1, 18.8%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#304bc5

Analogous

#c55f30

#c5aa30

#95c530

Triadic

#c5aa30

#30c5aa

#aa30c5

Split-complementary

#c5aa30

#3095c5

#5f30c5

Tetradic

#c5aa30

#4bc530

#304bc5

#aa30c5

Square

#c5aa30

#30c55f

#304bc5

#c53095

Shades

Color #c5aa30 mixed toward black.

#a48d28

#837120

#625518

#423910

#211c08

Tints

Color #c5aa30 mixed toward white.

#d4bb4d

#dcc971

#e5d694

#eee4b8

#f6f1db

Tones

Color #c5aa30 mixed toward gray.

#b8a23c

#ac9a49

#a09255

#938a62

#87826e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba61 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbd69 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#c4797d · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5aa30;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5aa30]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Goldenrod #daa520

Frequently asked questions

#c5aa30 (#c5aa30) is rgb(197, 170, 48) in RGB.

No, #c5aa30 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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