#C5A939#C5A939

#C5A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A939
RGB	rgb(197, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -1.87, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 58.74, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0108 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.131 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9544, 40.5437, 9.6967)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A939 #3955C5

analogous

#C56339 #C5A939 #9BC539

triadic

#C5A939 #39C5A9 #A939C5

tetradic

#C5A939 #39C563 #3955C5 #C5399B

square

#C5A939 #39C563 #3955C5 #C5399B

split-complementary

#C5A939 #399BC5 #6339C5

monochromatic

#66581E #96802B #C5A939 #D3BE68 #E1D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C5A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C5A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A939

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A939	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac276',
    500: '#c5a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a939;
$custom-light: #dac276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A939

secondary

#8D9ACD

accent

#67DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A939

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

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