#C3A235#C3A235

#C3A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A235
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 0.79, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 58.20, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0035 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.129 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0706, 37.7020, 8.7448)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A235 #3556C3

analogous

#C35B35 #C3A235 #9DC335

triadic

#C3A235 #35C3A2 #A235C3

tetradic

#C3A235 #35C35B #3556C3 #C3359D

square

#C3A235 #35C35B #3556C3 #C3359D

split-complementary

#C3A235 #359DC3 #5B35C3

monochromatic

#63521B #937A28 #C3A235 #D4B961 #E1CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C3A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A235

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A235	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd73',
    500: '#c3a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a235;
$custom-light: #d9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72279,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A235

secondary

#8898CC

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A235

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

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