HEX Color #C5AF42 (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

#C5AF42 #4258C4

Analogous

#C46D42 #99C442

Triadic

#42C4AF #AF42C4

Tetradic

#42C46D #4258C4 #C44299

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C5AF42

#CBB757

#D1C06C

#D8C981

#DED296

#E5DBAB

#EBE4C0

#F2EDD5

#F8F6EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C5AF42

#AF9B3A

#998833

#83742C

#6D6124

#574D1D

#413A16

#2B260E

#151307

#000000

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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Goldenrod

#DAA520