#C5A533#C5A533

#C5A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A533
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -0.03, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 59.97, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0062 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.132 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0807, 39.0218, 8.7102)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A533 #3353C5

analogous

#C55C33 #C5A533 #9CC533

triadic

#C5A533 #33C5A5 #A533C5

tetradic

#C5A533 #33C55C #3353C5 #C5339C

square

#C5A533 #33C55C #3353C5 #C5339C

split-complementary

#C5A533 #339CC5 #5C33C5

monochromatic

#64541A #947C26 #C5A533 #D6BC5F #E2D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C5A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C5A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A533

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A533	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)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf73',
    500: '#c5a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a533;
$custom-light: #dbbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73083,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A533

secondary

#8796CD

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A533

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

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