#C5A834#C5A834

#C5A834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A834
RGB	rgb(197, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -1.58, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 60.38, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0105 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.134 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6504, 40.1256, 9.0100)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A834 #3451C5

analogous

#C56034 #C5A834 #9AC534

triadic

#C5A834 #34C5A8 #A834C5

tetradic

#C5A834 #34C560 #3451C5 #C5349A

square

#C5A834 #34C560 #3451C5 #C5349A

split-complementary

#C5A834 #349AC5 #6034C5

monochromatic

#64551A #957F27 #C5A834 #D5BE61 #E2D291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C5A834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C5A834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A834

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A834	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)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc173',
    500: '#c5a834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a834;
$custom-light: #dbc173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A834

secondary

#8896CD

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A834

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

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