#C3A12E#C3A12E

#C3A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A12E
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 1.02, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 60.55, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0036 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.133 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7457, 37.2913, 7.8994)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A12E #2E50C3

analogous

#C3572E #C3A12E #9AC32E

triadic

#C3A12E #2EC3A1 #A12EC3

tetradic

#C3A12E #2EC357 #2E50C3 #C32E9A

square

#C3A12E #2EC357 #2E50C3 #C32E9A

split-complementary

#C3A12E #2E9AC3 #572EC3

monochromatic

#604F17 #917822 #C3A12E #D7BA57 #E3CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C3A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C3A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A12E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A12E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc6f',
    500: '#c3a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a12e;
$custom-light: #d9bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72023,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A12E

secondary

#8092CD

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A12E

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

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