#C5A641#C5A641

#C5A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A641
RGB	rgb(197, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 0.16, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 54.63, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.004 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6182, 39.5265, 10.6480)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A641 #4160C5

analogous

#C56441 #C5A641 #A2C541

triadic

#C5A641 #41C5A6 #A641C5

tetradic

#C5A641 #41C564 #4160C5 #C541A2

square

#C5A641 #41C564 #4160C5 #C541A2

split-complementary

#C5A641 #41A2C5 #6441C5

monochromatic

#6B5A21 #9A812F #C5A641 #D3BC70 #E2D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C5A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C5A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A641

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A641	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)

#B7A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac07a',
    500: '#c5a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a641;
$custom-light: #dac07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A641

secondary

#94A1CE

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A641

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

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