#C5A333#C5A333

#C5A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A333
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 1.04, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 59.48, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0031 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.131 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7228, 38.3060, 8.5909)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A333 #3355C5

analogous

#C55A33 #C5A333 #9EC533

triadic

#C5A333 #33C5A3 #A333C5

tetradic

#C5A333 #33C55A #3355C5 #C5339E

square

#C5A333 #33C55A #3355C5 #C5339E

split-complementary

#C5A333 #339EC5 #5A33C5

monochromatic

#64531A #947B26 #C5A333 #D6BA5F #E2CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C5A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A333

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A333	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd72',
    500: '#c5a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a333;
$custom-light: #dbbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A333

secondary

#8797CD

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A333

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

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