#C5AF42

A medium, moderate yellow closely aligning with Goldenrod.

About #C5AF42

At its core, #C5AF42 is a medium and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Goldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 175 green, and 66 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 11% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 49.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5AF42
RGB197, 175, 66
HSL49.9°, 53.0%, 51.6%
CMYK0%, 11%, 66%, 23%
HSV49.9°, 66.5%, 77.3%
LAB71.5, -4.5, 56.7
XYZ39.3, 42.9, 11.4
Decimal12955458

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.19:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.58:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.09:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.15:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5AF42; }
.text-color { color: #C5AF42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5AF42; }

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