#C5A232#C5A232

#C5A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A232
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 1.53, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 59.61, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0018 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.131 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5241, 37.9435, 8.4171)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A232 #3255C5

analogous

#C55832 #C5A232 #9EC532

triadic

#C5A232 #32C5A2 #A232C5

tetradic

#C5A232 #32C558 #3255C5 #C5329E

square

#C5A232 #32C558 #3255C5 #C5329E

split-complementary

#C5A232 #329EC5 #5832C5

monochromatic

#635219 #947A26 #C5A232 #D6BA5E #E3CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C5A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C5A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A232

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A232	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)

#B4A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd72',
    500: '#c5a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a232;
$custom-light: #dbbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A232

secondary

#8697CD

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A232

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

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