#C3A036#C3A036

#C3A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A036
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 1.91, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 57.32, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0002 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.127 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7443, 37.0123, 8.7507)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A036 #3659C3

analogous

#C35936 #C3A036 #A0C336

triadic

#C3A036 #36C3A0 #A036C3

tetradic

#C3A036 #36C359 #3659C3 #C336A0

square

#C3A036 #36C359 #3659C3 #C336A0

split-complementary

#C3A036 #36A0C3 #5936C3

monochromatic

#63511B #937929 #C3A036 #D4B863 #E1CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C3A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C3A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A036

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A036	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb74',
    500: '#c3a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a036;
$custom-light: #d9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A036

secondary

#899ACC

accent

#6EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A036

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

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