#C5A237#C5A237

#C5A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A237
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 1.76, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.70, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0006 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.128 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6379, 37.9891, 9.0166)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A237 #375AC5

analogous

#C55B37 #C5A237 #A1C537

triadic

#C5A237 #37C5A2 #A237C5

tetradic

#C5A237 #37C55B #375AC5 #C537A1

square

#C5A237 #37C55B #375AC5 #C537A1

split-complementary

#C5A237 #37A1C5 #5B37C5

monochromatic

#65531C #957B2A #C5A237 #D4B965 #E1CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C5A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A237

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A237	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd74',
    500: '#c5a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a237;
$custom-light: #dbbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A237

secondary

#8B9BCD

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A237

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

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