#C5A239#C5A239

#C5A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A239
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 1.86, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 56.91, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0001 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(36.6868, 38.0086, 9.2742)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A239 #395CC5

analogous

#C55C39 #C5A239 #A2C539

triadic

#C5A239 #39C5A2 #A239C5

tetradic

#C5A239 #39C55C #395CC5 #C539A2

square

#C5A239 #39C55C #395CC5 #C539A2

split-complementary

#C5A239 #39A2C5 #5C39C5

monochromatic

#66541E #967B2B #C5A239 #D3B868 #E1CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C5A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A239

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A239	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd76',
    500: '#c5a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a239;
$custom-light: #dbbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.38006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A239

secondary

#8D9DCD

accent

#6FDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A239

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

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