#C5A63D#C5A63D

#C5A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A63D
RGB	rgb(197, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -0.06, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 56.31, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0051 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.126 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5064, 39.4818, 10.0592)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A63D #3D5CC5

analogous

#C5623D #C5A63D #A0C53D

triadic

#C5A63D #3DC5A6 #A63DC5

tetradic

#C5A63D #3DC562 #3D5CC5 #C53DA0

square

#C5A63D #3DC562 #3D5CC5 #C53DA0

split-complementary

#C5A63D #3DA0C5 #623DC5

monochromatic

#68581F #987F2D #C5A63D #D3BC6C #E1D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C5A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C5A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A63D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A63D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac078',
    500: '#c5a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a63d;
$custom-light: #dac078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A63D

secondary

#919ECD

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A63D

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

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