#C5A233#C5A233

#C5A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A233
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 1.58, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 59.24, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0016 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.131 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5459, 37.9523, 8.5319)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A233 #3356C5

analogous

#C55933 #C5A233 #9FC533

triadic

#C5A233 #33C5A2 #A233C5

tetradic

#C5A233 #33C559 #3356C5 #C5339F

square

#C5A233 #33C559 #3356C5 #C5339F

split-complementary

#C5A233 #339FC5 #5933C5

monochromatic

#64521A #947A26 #C5A233 #D6B95F #E2CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C5A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A233

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A233	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B4A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd72',
    500: '#c5a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a233;
$custom-light: #dbbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A233

secondary

#8798CD

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A233

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

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