#C5A035#C5A035

#C5A035 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A035
RGB	rgb(197, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 2.74, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 58.01, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.002 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.128 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2415, 37.2713, 8.6527)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A035 #355AC5

analogous

#C55835 #C5A035 #A2C535

triadic

#C5A035 #35C5A0 #A035C5

tetradic

#C5A035 #35C558 #355AC5 #C535A2

square

#C5A035 #35C558 #355AC5 #C535A2

split-complementary

#C5A035 #35A2C5 #5835C5

monochromatic

#65521B #957928 #C5A035 #D5B762 #E2CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C5A035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C5A035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A035

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A035	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb73',
    500: '#c5a035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a035;
$custom-light: #dbbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A035

secondary

#899ACD

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A035

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

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