#C5A534#C5A534

#C5A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A534
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 0.02, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 59.60, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0059 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.132 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1030, 39.0307, 8.8276)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A534 #3454C5

analogous

#C55D34 #C5A534 #9DC534

triadic

#C5A534 #34C5A5 #A534C5

tetradic

#C5A534 #34C55D #3454C5 #C5349D

square

#C5A534 #34C55D #3454C5 #C5349D

split-complementary

#C5A534 #349DC5 #5D34C5

monochromatic

#64541A #957C27 #C5A534 #D5BC61 #E2D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C5A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C5A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A534

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A534	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf73',
    500: '#c5a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a534;
$custom-light: #dbbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A534

secondary

#8897CD

accent

#69E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A534

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

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