#C5A839#C5A839

#C5A839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A839
RGB	rgb(197, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -1.34, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 58.47, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0093 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7691, 40.1731, 9.6349)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A839 #3956C5

analogous

#C56239 #C5A839 #9CC539

triadic

#C5A839 #39C5A8 #A839C5

tetradic

#C5A839 #39C562 #3956C5 #C5399C

square

#C5A839 #39C562 #3956C5 #C5399C

split-complementary

#C5A839 #399CC5 #6239C5

monochromatic

#66571E #96802B #C5A839 #D3BD68 #E1D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C5A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C5A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A839

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A839	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac176',
    500: '#c5a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a839;
$custom-light: #dac176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73748,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A839

secondary

#8D9ACD

accent

#68DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A839

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

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