#C5A831#C5A831

#C5A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A831
RGB	rgb(197, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -1.71, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 61.48, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0112 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.135 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5850, 40.0995, 8.6654)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A831 #314EC5

analogous

#C55E31 #C5A831 #98C531

triadic

#C5A831 #31C5A8 #A831C5

tetradic

#C5A831 #31C55E #314EC5 #C53198

square

#C5A831 #31C55E #314EC5 #C53198

split-complementary

#C5A831 #3198C5 #5E31C5

monochromatic

#635419 #947E25 #C5A831 #D7BF5D #E3D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C5A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C5A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A831

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A831	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)

#BAA51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc172',
    500: '#c5a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a831;
$custom-light: #dbc172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7369,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A831

secondary

#8593CD

accent

#64E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A831

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

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