#C3A021#C3A021

#C3A021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A021
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 1.10, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 64.48, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0046 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.138 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3531, 36.8558, 6.6904)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A021 #2144C3

analogous

#C34F21 #C3A021 #95C321

triadic

#C3A021 #21C3A0 #A021C3

tetradic

#C3A021 #21C34F #2144C3 #C32195

square

#C3A021 #21C34F #2144C3 #C32195

split-complementary

#C3A021 #2195C3 #4F21C3

monochromatic

#5A4A0F #8F7518 #C3A021 #DFBD42 #E8CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C3A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C3A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A021

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A021	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb69',
    500: '#c3a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a021;
$custom-light: #dabb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A021

secondary

#7185CF

accent

#61EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A021

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

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