#C5A539#C5A539

#C5A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A539
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 0.26, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 57.66, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0047 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.129 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2216, 39.0782, 9.4524)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A539 #3959C5

analogous

#C55F39 #C5A539 #9FC539

triadic

#C5A539 #39C5A5 #A539C5

tetradic

#C5A539 #39C55F #3959C5 #C5399F

square

#C5A539 #39C55F #3959C5 #C5399F

split-complementary

#C5A539 #399FC5 #5F39C5

monochromatic

#66551E #967D2B #C5A539 #D3BB68 #E1D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C5A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C5A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A539

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A539	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf76',
    500: '#c5a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a539;
$custom-light: #dabf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73128,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A539

secondary

#8D9CCD

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A539

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

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