#C5A241#C5A241

#C5A241 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A241
RGB	rgb(197, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 2.30, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 53.58, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0022 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.121 89)
XYZ	xyz(36.9024, 38.0948, 10.4093)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A241 #4164C5

analogous

#C56041 #C5A241 #A6C541

triadic

#C5A241 #41C5A2 #A241C5

tetradic

#C5A241 #41C560 #4164C5 #C541A6

square

#C5A241 #41C560 #4164C5 #C541A6

split-complementary

#C5A241 #41A6C5 #6041C5

monochromatic

#6B5721 #9A7E2F #C5A241 #D3B970 #E2D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C5A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C5A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A241

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A241	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd7a',
    500: '#c5a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a241;
$custom-light: #dabd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.38093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A241

secondary

#94A3CE

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A241

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

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