#C3A232#C3A232

#C3A232 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	#C3A232
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 0.65, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 59.34, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0042 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0037, 37.6752, 8.3927)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A232 #3253C3

analogous

#C35932 #C3A232 #9BC332

triadic

#C3A232 #32C3A2 #A232C3

tetradic

#C3A232 #32C359 #3253C3 #C3329B

square

#C3A232 #32C359 #3253C3 #C3329B

split-complementary

#C3A232 #329BC3 #5932C3

monochromatic

#625119 #927A26 #C3A232 #D5BA5D #E2CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C3A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A232

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A232	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)

#B4A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd72',
    500: '#c3a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a232;
$custom-light: #d9bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A232

secondary

#8595CC

accent

#69E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A232

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

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