#C5A731#C5A731

#C5A731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A731
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -1.18, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 61.22, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0097 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4011, 39.7316, 8.6041)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A731 #314FC5

analogous

#C55D31 #C5A731 #99C531

triadic

#C5A731 #31C5A7 #A731C5

tetradic

#C5A731 #31C55D #314FC5 #C53199

square

#C5A731 #31C55D #314FC5 #C53199

split-complementary

#C5A731 #3199C5 #5D31C5

monochromatic

#635419 #947D25 #C5A731 #D7BE5D #E3D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C5A731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C5A731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A731

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A731	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc072',
    500: '#c5a731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a731;
$custom-light: #dbc072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A731

secondary

#8593CD

accent

#65E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A731

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

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