#C5A031#C5A031

#C5A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A031
RGB	rgb(197, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 2.56, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 59.52, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.001 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.131 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1533, 37.2360, 8.1882)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A031 #3156C5

analogous

#C55631 #C5A031 #A0C531

triadic

#C5A031 #31C5A0 #A031C5

tetradic

#C5A031 #31C556 #3156C5 #C531A0

square

#C5A031 #31C556 #3156C5 #C531A0

split-complementary

#C5A031 #31A0C5 #5631C5

monochromatic

#635019 #947825 #C5A031 #D7B85D #E3CD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C5A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C5A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A031

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A031	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb71',
    500: '#c5a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a031;
$custom-light: #dbbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A031

secondary

#8597CD

accent

#6CE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A031

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

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