#C3A121#C3A121

#C3A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.139 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A121
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 0.56, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 64.70, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0061 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.139 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5272, 37.2039, 6.7484)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A121 #2143C3

analogous

#C35021 #C3A121 #94C321

triadic

#C3A121 #21C3A1 #A121C3

tetradic

#C3A121 #21C350 #2143C3 #C32194

square

#C3A121 #21C350 #2143C3 #C32194

split-complementary

#C3A121 #2194C3 #5021C3

monochromatic

#5A4B0F #8F7618 #C3A121 #DFBE42 #E8D077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C3A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C3A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A121

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A121	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.139 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc6a',
    500: '#c3a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a121;
$custom-light: #dabc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A121

secondary

#7184CF

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A121

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

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