#C5A234#C5A234

#C5A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A234
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 1.62, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 58.86, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0013 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.13 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5682, 37.9612, 8.6493)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A234 #3457C5

analogous

#C55A34 #C5A234 #A0C534

triadic

#C5A234 #34C5A2 #A234C5

tetradic

#C5A234 #34C55A #3457C5 #C534A0

square

#C5A234 #34C55A #3457C5 #C534A0

split-complementary

#C5A234 #34A0C5 #5A34C5

monochromatic

#64521A #957A27 #C5A234 #D5B961 #E2CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C5A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A234

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A234	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)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c5a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a234;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A234

secondary

#8899CD

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A234

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

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