#C5A439#C5A439

#C5A439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A439
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 0.79, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 57.41, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0031 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0419, 38.7188, 9.3925)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A439 #395AC5

analogous

#C55E39 #C5A439 #A0C539

triadic

#C5A439 #39C5A4 #A439C5

tetradic

#C5A439 #39C55E #395AC5 #C539A0

square

#C5A439 #39C55E #395AC5 #C539A0

split-complementary

#C5A439 #39A0C5 #5E39C5

monochromatic

#66551E #967C2B #C5A439 #D3BA68 #E1D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C5A439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A439

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A439	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)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe76',
    500: '#c5a439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a439;
$custom-light: #dabe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A439

secondary

#8D9CCD

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A439

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

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