#C5A642#C5A642

#C5A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A642
RGB	rgb(197, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 0.22, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 54.21, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0037 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6474, 39.5382, 10.8019)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A642 #4261C5

analogous

#C56542 #C5A642 #A2C542

triadic

#C5A642 #42C5A6 #A642C5

tetradic

#C5A642 #42C565 #4261C5 #C542A2

square

#C5A642 #42C565 #4261C5 #C542A2

split-complementary

#C5A642 #42A2C5 #6542C5

monochromatic

#6C5A21 #9A812F #C5A642 #D3BC71 #E2D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C5A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C5A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A642

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A642	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac07b',
    500: '#c5a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a642;
$custom-light: #dac07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A642

secondary

#95A2CE

accent

#6EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A642

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

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