#C5A441#C5A441

#C5A441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A441
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 1.23, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 54.10, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0009 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.122 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2575, 38.8051, 10.5277)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A441 #4162C5

analogous

#C56241 #C5A441 #A4C541

triadic

#C5A441 #41C5A4 #A441C5

tetradic

#C5A441 #41C562 #4162C5 #C541A4

square

#C5A441 #41C562 #4162C5 #C541A4

split-complementary

#C5A441 #41A4C5 #6241C5

monochromatic

#6B5821 #9A7F2F #C5A441 #D3BA70 #E2D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C5A441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C5A441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A441

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A441	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)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe7a',
    500: '#c5a441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a441;
$custom-light: #dabe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A441

secondary

#94A2CE

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A441

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

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