#C5A751#C5A751

#C5A751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A751
RGB	rgb(197, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 0.69, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 47.75, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0005 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.111 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3316, 40.1038, 13.5048)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A751 #516FC5

analogous

#C56D51 #C5A751 #A9C551

triadic

#C5A751 #51C5A7 #A751C5

tetradic

#C5A751 #51C56D #516FC5 #C551A9

square

#C5A751 #51C56D #516FC5 #C551A9

split-complementary

#C5A751 #51A9C5 #6D51C5

monochromatic

#756127 #A38736 #C5A751 #D4BE7F #E4D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C5A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C5A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A751

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A751	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c085',
    500: '#c5a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a751;
$custom-light: #d9c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.483,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A751

secondary

#A0ADD1

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A751

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

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