#C3A238#C3A238

#C3A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A238
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 0.94, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 57.02, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0027 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1418, 37.7304, 9.1197)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A238 #3859C3

analogous

#C35C38 #C3A238 #9FC338

triadic

#C3A238 #38C3A2 #A238C3

tetradic

#C3A238 #38C35C #3859C3 #C3389F

square

#C3A238 #38C35C #3859C3 #C3389F

split-complementary

#C3A238 #389FC3 #5C38C3

monochromatic

#64531D #937B2A #C3A238 #D3B965 #E1CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C3A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A238

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A238	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd75',
    500: '#c3a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a238;
$custom-light: #d9bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A238

secondary

#8B9ACC

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A238

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

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