#C5A933#C5A933

#C5A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A933
RGB	rgb(197, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -2.15, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 61.02, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0122 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.135 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8135, 40.4874, 8.9545)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A933 #334FC5

analogous

#C56033 #C5A933 #98C533

triadic

#C5A933 #33C5A9 #A933C5

tetradic

#C5A933 #33C560 #334FC5 #C53398

square

#C5A933 #33C560 #334FC5 #C53398

split-complementary

#C5A933 #3398C5 #6033C5

monochromatic

#64561A #947F26 #C5A933 #D6BF5F #E2D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C5A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C5A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A933

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A933	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc273',
    500: '#c5a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a933;
$custom-light: #dbc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73911,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A933

secondary

#8794CD

accent

#64E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A933

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

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