#C5A735#C5A735

#C5A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A735
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -1.00, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 59.74, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0087 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.132 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4893, 39.7669, 9.0686)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A735 #3553C5

analogous

#C55F35 #C5A735 #9BC535

triadic

#C5A735 #35C5A7 #A735C5

tetradic

#C5A735 #35C55F #3553C5 #C5359B

square

#C5A735 #35C55F #3553C5 #C5359B

split-complementary

#C5A735 #359BC5 #5F35C5

monochromatic

#65551B #957E28 #C5A735 #D5BD62 #E2D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C5A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C5A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A735

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A735	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)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc074',
    500: '#c5a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a735;
$custom-light: #dbc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A735

secondary

#8997CD

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A735

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

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