#C5A235#C5A235

#C5A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A235
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 1.67, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.48, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0011 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.129 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5910, 37.9703, 8.7692)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A235 #3558C5

analogous

#C55A35 #C5A235 #A0C535

triadic

#C5A235 #35C5A2 #A235C5

tetradic

#C5A235 #35C55A #3558C5 #C535A0

square

#C5A235 #35C55A #3558C5 #C535A0

split-complementary

#C5A235 #35A0C5 #5A35C5

monochromatic

#65531B #957A28 #C5A235 #D5B962 #E2CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C5A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A235

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A235	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c5a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a235;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72481,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A235

secondary

#8999CD

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A235

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

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