#C5A440#C5A440

#C5A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A440
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 1.17, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 54.52, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0012 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.123 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2288, 38.7936, 10.3765)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A440 #4061C5

analogous

#C56140 #C5A440 #A3C540

triadic

#C5A440 #40C5A4 #A440C5

tetradic

#C5A440 #40C561 #4061C5 #C540A3

square

#C5A440 #40C561 #4061C5 #C540A3

split-complementary

#C5A440 #40A3C5 #6140C5

monochromatic

#6A5820 #997F2F #C5A440 #D3BA6F #E2D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C5A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A440

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A440	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe7a',
    500: '#c5a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a440;
$custom-light: #dabe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A440

secondary

#93A2CE

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A440

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

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