#C3A221#C3A221

#C3A221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A221
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 0.03, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 64.92, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0076 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.139 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7026, 37.5548, 6.8069)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A221 #2142C3

analogous

#C35121 #C3A221 #93C321

triadic

#C3A221 #21C3A2 #A221C3

tetradic

#C3A221 #21C351 #2142C3 #C32193

square

#C3A221 #21C351 #2142C3 #C32193

split-complementary

#C3A221 #2193C3 #5121C3

monochromatic

#5A4B0F #8F7718 #C3A221 #DFBF42 #E8D177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C3A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C3A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A221

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A221	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6a',
    500: '#c3a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a221;
$custom-light: #dabd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A221

secondary

#7184CF

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A221

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

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