#C5A538#C5A538

#C5A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A538
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 0.21, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 58.06, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0049 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.129 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1969, 39.0683, 9.3223)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A538 #3858C5

analogous

#C55F38 #C5A538 #9FC538

triadic

#C5A538 #38C5A5 #A538C5

tetradic

#C5A538 #38C55F #3858C5 #C5389F

square

#C5A538 #38C55F #3858C5 #C5389F

split-complementary

#C5A538 #389FC5 #5F38C5

monochromatic

#66551D #957D2A #C5A538 #D4BB67 #E1D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C5A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C5A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A538

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A538	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf75',
    500: '#c5a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a538;
$custom-light: #dabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A538

secondary

#8C9BCD

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A538

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

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