#C5A540#C5A540

#C5A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A540
RGB	rgb(197, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 0.64, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 54.79, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0028 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.124 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4084, 39.1529, 10.4364)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A540 #4060C5

analogous

#C56240 #C5A540 #A2C540

triadic

#C5A540 #40C5A5 #A540C5

tetradic

#C5A540 #40C562 #4060C5 #C540A2

square

#C5A540 #40C562 #4060C5 #C540A2

split-complementary

#C5A540 #40A2C5 #6240C5

monochromatic

#6A5920 #99802F #C5A540 #D3BB6F #E2D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C5A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C5A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A540

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A540	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf7a',
    500: '#c5a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a540;
$custom-light: #dabf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A540

secondary

#93A1CE

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A540

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

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