#C3A337#C3A337

#C3A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A337
RGB	rgb(195, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 0.35, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 57.67, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0045 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.128 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.2944, 38.0745, 9.0511)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A337 #3757C3

analogous

#C35D37 #C3A337 #9DC337

triadic

#C3A337 #37C3A3 #A337C3

tetradic

#C3A337 #37C35D #3757C3 #C3379D

square

#C3A337 #37C35D #3757C3 #C3379D

split-complementary

#C3A337 #379DC3 #5D37C3

monochromatic

#64531C #937B2A #C3A337 #D3BA64 #E1CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C3A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C3A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A337

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A337	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd74',
    500: '#c3a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a337;
$custom-light: #d9bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.725,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.38072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A337

secondary

#8A99CC

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A337

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

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