#C3A22D#C3A22D

#C3A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A22D
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 76.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 0.44, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 61.14, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0054 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.134 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9017, 37.6344, 7.8553)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A22D #2D4EC3

analogous

#C3572D #C3A22D #99C32D

triadic

#C3A22D #2DC3A2 #A22DC3

tetradic

#C3A22D #2DC357 #2D4EC3 #C32D99

square

#C3A22D #2DC357 #2D4EC3 #C32D99

split-complementary

#C3A22D #2D99C3 #572DC3

monochromatic

#604F16 #917922 #C3A22D #D8BB55 #E3CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C3A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A22D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A22D	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd6f',
    500: '#c3a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a22d;
$custom-light: #d9bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A22D

secondary

#7F90CD

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A22D

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

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