#C5A63E#C5A63E

#C5A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A63E
RGB	rgb(197, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -0.01, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 55.90, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0049 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5336, 39.4927, 10.2024)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A63E #3E5DC5

analogous

#C5623E #C5A63E #A0C53E

triadic

#C5A63E #3EC5A6 #A63EC5

tetradic

#C5A63E #3EC562 #3E5DC5 #C53EA0

square

#C5A63E #3EC562 #3E5DC5 #C53EA0

split-complementary

#C5A63E #3EA0C5 #623EC5

monochromatic

#695820 #98802E #C5A63E #D3BC6D #E1D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C5A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C5A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A63E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A63E	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)

#B8A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac079',
    500: '#c5a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a63e;
$custom-light: #dac079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A63E

secondary

#919FCD

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A63E

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

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