#C5A438#C5A438

#C5A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A438
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 0.74, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 57.80, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0034 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.129 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0172, 38.7090, 9.2624)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A438 #3859C5

analogous

#C55D38 #C5A438 #A0C538

triadic

#C5A438 #38C5A4 #A438C5

tetradic

#C5A438 #38C55D #3859C5 #C538A0

square

#C5A438 #38C55D #3859C5 #C538A0

split-complementary

#C5A438 #38A0C5 #5D38C5

monochromatic

#66551D #957C2A #C5A438 #D4BA67 #E1D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C5A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A438

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A438	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe75',
    500: '#c5a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a438;
$custom-light: #dbbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72914,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A438

secondary

#8C9BCD

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A438

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

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