#C3A333#C3A333

#C3A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A333
RGB	rgb(195, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 0.16, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 59.21, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0055 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2024, 38.0376, 8.5665)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A333 #3353C3

analogous

#C35B33 #C3A333 #9BC333

triadic

#C3A333 #33C3A3 #A333C3

tetradic

#C3A333 #33C35B #3353C3 #C3339B

square

#C3A333 #33C35B #3353C3 #C3339B

split-complementary

#C3A333 #339BC3 #5B33C3

monochromatic

#62521A #927A26 #C3A333 #D5BB5E #E2CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C3A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C3A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A333

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A333	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd72',
    500: '#c3a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a333;
$custom-light: #d9bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A333

secondary

#8695CC

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A333

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

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