#C5A434#C5A434

#C5A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A434
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 0.55, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 59.35, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0044 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9233, 38.6714, 8.7677)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A434 #3455C5

analogous

#C55C34 #C5A434 #9EC534

triadic

#C5A434 #34C5A4 #A434C5

tetradic

#C5A434 #34C55C #3455C5 #C5349E

square

#C5A434 #34C55C #3455C5 #C5349E

split-complementary

#C5A434 #349EC5 #5C34C5

monochromatic

#64531A #957C27 #C5A434 #D5BB61 #E2D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C5A434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A434

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A434	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)

#B6A222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe73',
    500: '#c5a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a434;
$custom-light: #dbbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A434

secondary

#8898CD

accent

#6AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A434

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

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