#C3A23A#C3A23A

#C3A23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A23A
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 1.04, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 56.22, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0022 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.1917, 37.7504, 9.3825)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A23A #3A5BC3

analogous

#C35D3A #C3A23A #A0C33A

triadic

#C3A23A #3AC3A2 #A23AC3

tetradic

#C3A23A #3AC35D #3A5BC3 #C33AA0

square

#C3A23A #3AC35D #3A5BC3 #C33AA0

split-complementary

#C3A23A #3AA0C3 #5D3AC3

monochromatic

#65541E #947B2C #C3A23A #D2B968 #E0CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C3A23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C3A23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A23A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A23A	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)

#B4A02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd76',
    500: '#c3a23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a23a;
$custom-light: #d9bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.37748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A23A

secondary

#8D9CCC

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A23A

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

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