#C3A024#C3A024

#C3A024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A024
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 81.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 1.19, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 63.61, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0041 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.137 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3970, 36.8733, 6.9216)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A024 #2447C3

analogous

#C35024 #C3A024 #97C324

triadic

#C3A024 #24C3A0 #A024C3

tetradic

#C3A024 #24C350 #2447C3 #C32497

square

#C3A024 #24C350 #2447C3 #C32497

split-complementary

#C3A024 #2497C3 #5024C3

monochromatic

#5C4B11 #8F761A #C3A024 #DDBC47 #E7CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C3A024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C3A024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A024

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A024	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)

#BBA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6b',
    500: '#c3a024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a024;
$custom-light: #dabb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.792,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A024

secondary

#7488CE

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A024

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

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