#C5A236#C5A236

#C5A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A236
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 1.72, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 58.09, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0008 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.129 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6142, 37.9796, 8.8916)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A236 #3659C5

analogous

#C55B36 #C5A236 #A1C536

triadic

#C5A236 #36C5A2 #A236C5

tetradic

#C5A236 #36C55B #3659C5 #C536A1

square

#C5A236 #36C55B #3659C5 #C536A1

split-complementary

#C5A236 #36A1C5 #5B36C5

monochromatic

#65531C #957B29 #C5A236 #D4B964 #E2CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C5A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A236

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A236	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd74',
    500: '#c5a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a236;
$custom-light: #dbbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A236

secondary

#8A9ACD

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A236

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

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