#C3A23F#C3A23F

#C3A23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A23F
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 1.32, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 54.14, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0008 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.122 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3251, 37.8038, 10.0852)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A23F #3F60C3

analogous

#C3603F #C3A23F #A2C33F

triadic

#C3A23F #3FC3A2 #A23FC3

tetradic

#C3A23F #3FC360 #3F60C3 #C33FA2

square

#C3A23F #3FC360 #3F60C3 #C33FA2

split-complementary

#C3A23F #3FA2C3 #603FC3

monochromatic

#675620 #967C2F #C3A23F #D2B96E #E0CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C3A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C3A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A23F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A23F	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)

#B3A033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd79',
    500: '#c3a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a23f;
$custom-light: #d9bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A23F

secondary

#92A0CC

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A23F

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

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