#C5A833#C5A833

#C5A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A833
RGB	rgb(197, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -1.62, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 60.75, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0107 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6281, 40.1167, 8.8927)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A833 #3350C5

analogous

#C55F33 #C5A833 #99C533

triadic

#C5A833 #33C5A8 #A833C5

tetradic

#C5A833 #33C55F #3350C5 #C53399

square

#C5A833 #33C55F #3350C5 #C53399

split-complementary

#C5A833 #3399C5 #5F33C5

monochromatic

#64551A #947F26 #C5A833 #D6BE5F #E2D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C5A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C5A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A833

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A833	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc173',
    500: '#c5a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a833;
$custom-light: #dbc173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A833

secondary

#8795CD

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A833

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

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