#C3A22C#C3A22C

#C3A22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A22C
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 0.40, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 61.49, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0056 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.134 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8827, 37.6268, 7.7551)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A22C #2C4DC3

analogous

#C3562C #C3A22C #99C32C

triadic

#C3A22C #2CC3A2 #A22CC3

tetradic

#C3A22C #2CC356 #2C4DC3 #C32C99

square

#C3A22C #2CC356 #2C4DC3 #C32C99

split-complementary

#C3A22C #2C99C3 #562CC3

monochromatic

#5F4F15 #917921 #C3A22C #D8BB54 #E4CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C3A22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A22C

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A22C	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)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6f',
    500: '#c3a22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a22c;
$custom-light: #dabd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72217,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A22C

secondary

#7E8FCD

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A22C

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

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