#C5A738#C5A738

#C5A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A738
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -0.86, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 58.59, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.008 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5605, 39.7954, 9.4435)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A738 #3856C5

analogous

#C56138 #C5A738 #9DC538

triadic

#C5A738 #38C5A7 #A738C5

tetradic

#C5A738 #38C561 #3856C5 #C5389D

square

#C5A738 #38C561 #3856C5 #C5389D

split-complementary

#C5A738 #389DC5 #6138C5

monochromatic

#66561D #957F2A #C5A738 #D4BC67 #E1D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C5A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C5A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A738

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A738	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac075',
    500: '#c5a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a738;
$custom-light: #dac075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A738

secondary

#8C9ACD

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A738

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

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