#C5A23C#C5A23C

#C5A23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A23C
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 2.02, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 55.69, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0007 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.125 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7639, 38.0395, 9.6800)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A23C #3C5FC5

analogous

#C55E3C #C5A23C #A3C53C

triadic

#C5A23C #3CC5A2 #A23CC5

tetradic

#C5A23C #3CC55E #3C5FC5 #C53CA3

square

#C5A23C #3CC55E #3C5FC5 #C53CA3

split-complementary

#C5A23C #3CA3C5 #5E3CC5

monochromatic

#68551F #977C2D #C5A23C #D3B86B #E1CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C5A23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A23C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A23C	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)

#B4A02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd77',
    500: '#c5a23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a23c;
$custom-light: #dabd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A23C

secondary

#909FCD

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A23C

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

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