#C3A139#C3A139

#C3A139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A139
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 1.53, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 56.37, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0009 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9910, 37.3894, 9.1913)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A139 #395BC3

analogous

#C35C39 #C3A139 #A0C339

triadic

#C3A139 #39C3A1 #A139C3

tetradic

#C3A139 #39C35C #395BC3 #C339A0

square

#C3A139 #39C35C #395BC3 #C339A0

split-complementary

#C3A139 #39A0C3 #5C39C3

monochromatic

#64531D #947A2B #C3A139 #D2B867 #E0CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C3A139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C3A139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A139

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A139	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)

#B39F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc75',
    500: '#c3a139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a139;
$custom-light: #d9bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A139

secondary

#8C9CCC

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A139

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

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