#C5A532#C5A532

#C5A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A532
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -0.07, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 60.34, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0064 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.133 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0589, 39.0131, 8.5953)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A532 #3252C5

analogous

#C55B32 #C5A532 #9BC532

triadic

#C5A532 #32C5A5 #A532C5

tetradic

#C5A532 #32C55B #3252C5 #C5329B

square

#C5A532 #32C55B #3252C5 #C5329B

split-complementary

#C5A532 #329BC5 #5B32C5

monochromatic

#635319 #947C26 #C5A532 #D6BC5E #E3D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C5A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C5A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A532

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A532	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf72',
    500: '#c5a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a532;
$custom-light: #dbbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A532

secondary

#8695CD

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A532

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

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