#C5A736#C5A736

#C5A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A736
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -0.95, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 59.36, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0085 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.132 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5125, 39.7762, 9.1910)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A736 #3654C5

analogous

#C56036 #C5A736 #9BC536

triadic

#C5A736 #36C5A7 #A736C5

tetradic

#C5A736 #36C560 #3654C5 #C5369B

square

#C5A736 #36C560 #3654C5 #C5369B

split-complementary

#C5A736 #369BC5 #6036C5

monochromatic

#65561C #957E29 #C5A736 #D4BD64 #E2D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C5A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C5A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A736

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A736	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc074',
    500: '#c5a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a736;
$custom-light: #dbc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A736

secondary

#8A98CD

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A736

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

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