#C3A037#C3A037

#C3A037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A037
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 1.96, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.92, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0001 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(35.7681, 37.0218, 8.8757)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A037 #375AC3

analogous

#C35A37 #C3A037 #A0C337

triadic

#C3A037 #37C3A0 #A037C3

tetradic

#C3A037 #37C35A #375AC3 #C337A0

square

#C3A037 #37C35A #375AC3 #C337A0

split-complementary

#C3A037 #37A0C3 #5A37C3

monochromatic

#64521C #93792A #C3A037 #D3B764 #E1CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C3A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C3A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A037

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A037	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb74',
    500: '#c3a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a037;
$custom-light: #d9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.3702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A037

secondary

#8A9ACC

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A037

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

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