#C5A135#C5A135

#C5A135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A135
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 2.21, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 58.24, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0004 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.129 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4155, 37.6194, 8.7107)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A135 #3559C5

analogous

#C55935 #C5A135 #A1C535

triadic

#C5A135 #35C5A1 #A135C5

tetradic

#C5A135 #35C559 #3559C5 #C535A1

square

#C5A135 #35C559 #3559C5 #C535A1

split-complementary

#C5A135 #35A1C5 #5935C5

monochromatic

#65521B #957A28 #C5A135 #D5B862 #E2CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C5A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C5A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A135

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A135	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc73',
    500: '#c5a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a135;
$custom-light: #dbbc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A135

secondary

#899ACD

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A135

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

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