#C5A338#C5A338

#C5A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A338
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 1.28, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 57.55, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0019 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8390, 38.3524, 9.2030)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A338 #385AC5

analogous

#C55D38 #C5A338 #A1C538

triadic

#C5A338 #38C5A3 #A338C5

tetradic

#C5A338 #38C55D #385AC5 #C538A1

square

#C5A338 #38C55D #385AC5 #C538A1

split-complementary

#C5A338 #38A1C5 #5D38C5

monochromatic

#66541D #957C2A #C5A338 #D4B967 #E1CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C5A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A338

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A338	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)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd75',
    500: '#c5a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a338;
$custom-light: #dbbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A338

secondary

#8C9CCD

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A338

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

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