#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
RGBrgb(195, 160, 55)
HSLhsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(45, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.29, 1.96, 56.89)
CIE-LCHlch(67.29, 56.92, 88.03°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% 0.0001 0.1266)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.127 90)
XYZxyz(35.7681, 37.0218, 8.8757)
Luminance0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3A0371.002.508.408.40
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4021.001.001.00
##0000008.4021.001.001.00

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

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#C3A037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva