#C5A433#C5A433

#C5A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A433
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 0.51, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 59.72, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0046 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.9010, 38.6625, 8.6503)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A433 #3354C5

analogous

#C55B33 #C5A433 #9DC533

triadic

#C5A433 #33C5A4 #A433C5

tetradic

#C5A433 #33C55B #3354C5 #C5339D

square

#C5A433 #33C55B #3354C5 #C5339D

split-complementary

#C5A433 #339DC5 #5B33C5

monochromatic

#64531A #947C26 #C5A433 #D6BB5F #E2D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C5A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A433

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A433	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe72',
    500: '#c5a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a433;
$custom-light: #dbbe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.3866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A433

secondary

#8797CD

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A433

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

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