#C3A22A#C3A22A

#C3A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A22A
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 0.33, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 62.16, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.006 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.135 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8460, 37.6121, 7.5619)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A22A #2A4BC3

analogous

#C3562A #C3A22A #98C32A

triadic

#C3A22A #2AC3A2 #A22AC3

tetradic

#C3A22A #2AC356 #2A4BC3 #C32A98

square

#C3A22A #2AC356 #2A4BC3 #C32A98

split-complementary

#C3A22A #2A98C3 #562AC3

monochromatic

#5E4E14 #91781F #C3A22A #D9BC51 #E4CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C3A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A22A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A22A	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6e',
    500: '#c3a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a22a;
$custom-light: #dabd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A22A

secondary

#7B8DCD

accent

#64E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A22A

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

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