#C5A138#C5A138

#C5A138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A138
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 2.35, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 57.07, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0012 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.127 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4867, 37.6478, 9.0856)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A138 #385CC5

analogous

#C55B38 #C5A138 #A3C538

triadic

#C5A138 #38C5A1 #A138C5

tetradic

#C5A138 #38C55B #385CC5 #C538A3

square

#C5A138 #38C55B #385CC5 #C538A3

split-complementary

#C5A138 #38A3C5 #5B38C5

monochromatic

#66531D #957A2A #C5A138 #D4B867 #E1CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C5A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C5A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A138

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A138	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc75',
    500: '#c5a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a138;
$custom-light: #dbbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A138

secondary

#8C9DCD

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A138

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

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