#C3A234#C3A234

#C3A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A234
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 0.74, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 58.58, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0037 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.13 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0478, 37.6929, 8.6249)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A234 #3455C3

analogous

#C35A34 #C3A234 #9CC334

triadic

#C3A234 #34C3A2 #A234C3

tetradic

#C3A234 #34C35A #3455C3 #C3349C

square

#C3A234 #34C35A #3455C3 #C3349C

split-complementary

#C3A234 #349CC3 #5A34C3

monochromatic

#62521A #937A27 #C3A234 #D5BA60 #E1CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C3A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A234

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A234	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd73',
    500: '#c3a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a234;
$custom-light: #d9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A234

secondary

#8797CC

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A234

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

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