#C5A339#C5A339

#C5A339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A339
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 1.33, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 57.15, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0016 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.127 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8637, 38.3623, 9.3331)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A339 #395BC5

analogous

#C55D39 #C5A339 #A1C539

triadic

#C5A339 #39C5A3 #A339C5

tetradic

#C5A339 #39C55D #395BC5 #C539A1

square

#C5A339 #39C55D #395BC5 #C539A1

split-complementary

#C5A339 #39A1C5 #5D39C5

monochromatic

#66541E #967C2B #C5A339 #D3B968 #E1CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C5A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A339

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A339	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd76',
    500: '#c5a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a339;
$custom-light: #dabd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A339

secondary

#8D9DCD

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A339

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

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