#C3A136#C3A136

#C3A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A136
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 1.38, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 57.56, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0017 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9184, 37.3604, 8.8087)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A136 #3658C3

analogous

#C35B36 #C3A136 #9FC336

triadic

#C3A136 #36C3A1 #A136C3

tetradic

#C3A136 #36C35B #3658C3 #C3369F

square

#C3A136 #36C35B #3658C3 #C3369F

split-complementary

#C3A136 #369FC3 #5B36C3

monochromatic

#63521B #937929 #C3A136 #D4B863 #E1CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C3A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C3A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A136

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A136	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc74',
    500: '#c3a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a136;
$custom-light: #d9bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A136

secondary

#8999CC

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A136

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

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