#C5A23D#C5A23D

#C5A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A23D
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 2.08, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 55.27, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.001 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.124 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7906, 38.0501, 9.8206)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A23D #3D60C5

analogous

#C55E3D #C5A23D #A4C53D

triadic

#C5A23D #3DC5A2 #A23DC5

tetradic

#C5A23D #3DC55E #3D60C5 #C53DA4

square

#C5A23D #3DC55E #3D60C5 #C53DA4

split-complementary

#C5A23D #3DA4C5 #5E3DC5

monochromatic

#68561F #987C2D #C5A23D #D3B96C #E1CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C5A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A23D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A23D	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)

#B4A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd78',
    500: '#c5a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a23d;
$custom-light: #dabd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72546,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A23D

secondary

#91A0CD

accent

#70DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A23D

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

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