#C3A239#C3A239

#C3A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A239
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 0.99, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 56.62, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0025 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.126 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1665, 37.7403, 9.2498)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A239 #395AC3

analogous

#C35D39 #C3A239 #9FC339

triadic

#C3A239 #39C3A2 #A239C3

tetradic

#C3A239 #39C35D #395AC3 #C3399F

square

#C3A239 #39C35D #395AC3 #C3399F

split-complementary

#C3A239 #399FC3 #5D39C3

monochromatic

#64531D #947B2B #C3A239 #D2B967 #E0CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C3A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A239

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A239	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd75',
    500: '#c3a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a239;
$custom-light: #d9bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A239

secondary

#8C9BCC

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A239

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

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