#C5A23B#C5A23B

#C5A23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A23B
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 1.97, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 56.10, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0005 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.125 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7377, 38.0290, 9.5421)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A23B #3B5EC5

analogous

#C55D3B #C5A23B #A3C53B

triadic

#C5A23B #3BC5A2 #A23BC5

tetradic

#C5A23B #3BC55D #3B5EC5 #C53BA3

square

#C5A23B #3BC55D #3B5EC5 #C53BA3

split-complementary

#C5A23B #3BA3C5 #5D3BC5

monochromatic

#67551F #967B2C #C5A23B #D3B86A #E1CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C5A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A23B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A23B	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd77',
    500: '#c5a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a23b;
$custom-light: #dabd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A23B

secondary

#8F9FCD

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A23B

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

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