#C5A341#C5A341

#C5A341 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A341
RGB	rgb(197, 163, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 1.77, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 53.84, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0006 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.122 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0792, 38.4485, 10.4683)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A341 #4163C5

analogous

#C56141 #C5A341 #A5C541

triadic

#C5A341 #41C5A3 #A341C5

tetradic

#C5A341 #41C561 #4163C5 #C541A5

square

#C5A341 #41C561 #4163C5 #C541A5

split-complementary

#C5A341 #41A5C5 #6141C5

monochromatic

#6B5821 #9A7E2F #C5A341 #D3BA70 #E2D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C5A341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C5A341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A341

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A341	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 163, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd7a',
    500: '#c5a341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a341;
$custom-light: #dabd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A341

secondary

#94A3CE

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A341

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

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