#C3A23D#C3A23D

#C3A23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A23D
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 1.20, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 54.98, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0014 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2702, 37.7818, 9.7962)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A23D #3D5EC3

analogous

#C35F3D #C3A23D #A1C33D

triadic

#C3A23D #3DC3A2 #A23DC3

tetradic

#C3A23D #3DC35F #3D5EC3 #C33DA1

square

#C3A23D #3DC35F #3D5EC3 #C33DA1

split-complementary

#C3A23D #3DA1C3 #5F3DC3

monochromatic

#665520 #957B2E #C3A23D #D1B86C #E0CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C3A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C3A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A23D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A23D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd78',
    500: '#c3a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a23d;
$custom-light: #d9bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A23D

secondary

#909FCC

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A23D

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

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