#C5A43E#C5A43E

#C5A43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A43E
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 1.06, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 55.37, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0018 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1729, 38.7712, 10.0821)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A43E #3E5FC5

analogous

#C5603E #C5A43E #A3C53E

triadic

#C5A43E #3EC5A4 #A43EC5

tetradic

#C5A43E #3EC560 #3E5FC5 #C53EA3

square

#C5A43E #3EC560 #3E5FC5 #C53EA3

split-complementary

#C5A43E #3EA3C5 #603EC5

monochromatic

#695720 #987E2E #C5A43E #D3BA6D #E1D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C5A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A43E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A43E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe79',
    500: '#c5a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a43e;
$custom-light: #dabe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A43E

secondary

#91A0CD

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A43E

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

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