#C5A335#C5A335

#C5A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A335
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 1.13, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 58.72, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0026 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7678, 38.3240, 8.8281)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A335 #3557C5

analogous

#C55B35 #C5A335 #9FC535

triadic

#C5A335 #35C5A3 #A335C5

tetradic

#C5A335 #35C55B #3557C5 #C5359F

square

#C5A335 #35C55B #3557C5 #C5359F

split-complementary

#C5A335 #359FC5 #5B35C5

monochromatic

#65531B #957B28 #C5A335 #D5BA62 #E2CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C5A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A335

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A335	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)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c5a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a335;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A335

secondary

#8999CD

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A335

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

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