#C3A035#C3A035

#C3A035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A035
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 1.86, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 57.71, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0004 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7211, 37.0030, 8.6283)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A035 #3558C3

analogous

#C35935 #C3A035 #9FC335

triadic

#C3A035 #35C3A0 #A035C3

tetradic

#C3A035 #35C359 #3558C3 #C3359F

square

#C3A035 #35C359 #3558C3 #C3359F

split-complementary

#C3A035 #359FC3 #5935C3

monochromatic

#63511B #937928 #C3A035 #D4B861 #E1CD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C3A035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C3A035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A035

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A035	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb73',
    500: '#c3a035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a035;
$custom-light: #d9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A035

secondary

#8899CC

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A035

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

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