#C5A337#C5A337

#C5A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A337
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 1.23, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 57.95, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0021 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8148, 38.3428, 9.0755)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A337 #3759C5

analogous

#C55C37 #C5A337 #A0C537

triadic

#C5A337 #37C5A3 #A337C5

tetradic

#C5A337 #37C55C #3759C5 #C537A0

square

#C5A337 #37C55C #3759C5 #C537A0

split-complementary

#C5A337 #37A0C5 #5C37C5

monochromatic

#65541C #957B2A #C5A337 #D4B965 #E1CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C5A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A337

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A337	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd74',
    500: '#c5a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a337;
$custom-light: #dbbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A337

secondary

#8B9BCD

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A337

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

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