#C5A136#C5A136

#C5A136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A136
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 2.25, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 57.85, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0007 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.128 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4387, 37.6287, 8.8331)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A136 #365AC5

analogous

#C55A36 #C5A136 #A2C536

triadic

#C5A136 #36C5A1 #A136C5

tetradic

#C5A136 #36C55A #365AC5 #C536A2

square

#C5A136 #36C55A #365AC5 #C536A2

split-complementary

#C5A136 #36A2C5 #5A36C5

monochromatic

#65521C #957A29 #C5A136 #D4B864 #E2CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C5A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C5A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A136

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A136	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc74',
    500: '#c5a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a136;
$custom-light: #dbbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A136

secondary

#8A9BCD

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A136

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

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