#C5A137#C5A137

#C5A137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A137
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 2.30, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 57.46, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.001 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.128 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4625, 37.6382, 8.9581)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A137 #375BC5

analogous

#C55A37 #C5A137 #A2C537

triadic

#C5A137 #37C5A1 #A137C5

tetradic

#C5A137 #37C55A #375BC5 #C537A2

square

#C5A137 #37C55A #375BC5 #C537A2

split-complementary

#C5A137 #37A2C5 #5A37C5

monochromatic

#65531C #957A2A #C5A137 #D4B865 #E1CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C5A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C5A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A137

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A137	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc74',
    500: '#c5a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a137;
$custom-light: #dbbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A137

secondary

#8B9CCD

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A137

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

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