#C3A231#C3A231

#C3A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A231
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 0.61, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 59.71, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0045 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9824, 37.6667, 8.2803)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A231 #3152C3

analogous

#C35931 #C3A231 #9BC331

triadic

#C3A231 #31C3A2 #A231C3

tetradic

#C3A231 #31C359 #3152C3 #C3319B

square

#C3A231 #31C359 #3152C3 #C3319B

split-complementary

#C3A231 #319BC3 #5931C3

monochromatic

#615118 #927925 #C3A231 #D6BA5B #E2CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C3A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A231

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A231	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)

#B4A01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd71',
    500: '#c3a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a231;
$custom-light: #d9bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A231

secondary

#8394CC

accent

#69E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A231

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

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