#C3A138#C3A138

#C3A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A138
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 1.47, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 56.77, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0012 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9663, 37.3795, 9.0612)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A138 #385AC3

analogous

#C35C38 #C3A138 #A0C338

triadic

#C3A138 #38C3A1 #A138C3

tetradic

#C3A138 #38C35C #385AC3 #C338A0

square

#C3A138 #38C35C #385AC3 #C338A0

split-complementary

#C3A138 #38A0C3 #5C38C3

monochromatic

#64521D #937A2A #C3A138 #D3B865 #E1CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C3A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C3A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A138

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A138	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc75',
    500: '#c3a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a138;
$custom-light: #d9bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A138

secondary

#8B9BCC

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A138

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

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