#C5A131#C5A131

#C5A131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A131
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 2.02, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 59.75, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0005 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.131 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3273, 37.5841, 8.2462)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A131 #3155C5

analogous

#C55731 #C5A131 #9FC531

triadic

#C5A131 #31C5A1 #A131C5

tetradic

#C5A131 #31C557 #3155C5 #C5319F

square

#C5A131 #31C557 #3155C5 #C5319F

split-complementary

#C5A131 #319FC5 #5731C5

monochromatic

#635119 #947925 #C5A131 #D7B95D #E3CE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C5A131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C5A131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A131

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A131	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc71',
    500: '#c5a131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a131;
$custom-light: #dbbc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A131

secondary

#8596CD

accent

#6BE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A131

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

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