#C3A131#C3A131

#C3A131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A131
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 1.14, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 59.47, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0029 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.131 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8070, 37.3158, 8.2218)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A131 #3153C3

analogous

#C35831 #C3A131 #9CC331

triadic

#C3A131 #31C3A1 #A131C3

tetradic

#C3A131 #31C358 #3153C3 #C3319C

square

#C3A131 #31C358 #3153C3 #C3319C

split-complementary

#C3A131 #319CC3 #5831C3

monochromatic

#615018 #927925 #C3A131 #D6B95B #E2CE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C3A131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C3A131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A131

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A131	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)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc71',
    500: '#c3a131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a131;
$custom-light: #d9bc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72044,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A131

secondary

#8394CC

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A131

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

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