#C5A038#C5A038

#C5A038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A038
RGB	rgb(197, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 2.89, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 56.83, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0028 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3126, 37.2997, 9.0276)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A038 #385DC5

analogous

#C55938 #C5A038 #A4C538

triadic

#C5A038 #38C5A0 #A038C5

tetradic

#C5A038 #38C559 #385DC5 #C538A4

square

#C5A038 #38C559 #385DC5 #C538A4

split-complementary

#C5A038 #38A4C5 #5938C5

monochromatic

#66531D #95792A #C5A038 #D4B767 #E1CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C5A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C5A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A038

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A038	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb75',
    500: '#c5a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a038;
$custom-light: #dbbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A038

secondary

#8C9DCD

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A038

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

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