#C5A238#C5A238

#C5A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A238
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 1.81, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.31, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0003 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6621, 37.9987, 9.1441)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A238 #385BC5

analogous

#C55B38 #C5A238 #A2C538

triadic

#C5A238 #38C5A2 #A238C5

tetradic

#C5A238 #38C55B #385BC5 #C538A2

square

#C5A238 #38C55B #385BC5 #C538A2

split-complementary

#C5A238 #38A2C5 #5B38C5

monochromatic

#66541D #957B2A #C5A238 #D4B967 #E1CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C5A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A238

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A238	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd75',
    500: '#c5a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a238;
$custom-light: #dbbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A238

secondary

#8C9CCD

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A238

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

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