#C5A033#C5A033

#C5A033 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A033
RGB	rgb(197, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 2.65, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 58.78, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0015 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1964, 37.2533, 8.4154)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A033 #3358C5

analogous

#C55733 #C5A033 #A1C533

triadic

#C5A033 #33C5A0 #A033C5

tetradic

#C5A033 #33C557 #3358C5 #C533A1

square

#C5A033 #33C557 #3358C5 #C533A1

split-complementary

#C5A033 #33A1C5 #5733C5

monochromatic

#64511A #947926 #C5A033 #D6B85F #E2CD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C5A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C5A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A033

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A033	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)

#B39E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb72',
    500: '#c5a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a033;
$custom-light: #dbbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A033

secondary

#8799CD

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A033

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

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