#C5A231#C5A231

#C5A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A231
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 1.49, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 59.98, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0021 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5028, 37.9350, 8.3047)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A231 #3154C5

analogous

#C55831 #C5A231 #9EC531

triadic

#C5A231 #31C5A2 #A231C5

tetradic

#C5A231 #31C558 #3154C5 #C5319E

square

#C5A231 #31C558 #3154C5 #C5319E

split-complementary

#C5A231 #319EC5 #5831C5

monochromatic

#635119 #947A25 #C5A231 #D7BA5D #E3CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C5A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C5A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A231

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A231	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd71',
    500: '#c5a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a231;
$custom-light: #dbbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A231

secondary

#8596CD

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A231

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

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