#C3A338#C3A338

#C3A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A338
RGB	rgb(195, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 0.40, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 57.28, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0043 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3186, 38.0841, 9.1786)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A338 #3858C3

analogous

#C35E38 #C3A338 #9EC338

triadic

#C3A338 #38C3A3 #A338C3

tetradic

#C3A338 #38C35E #3858C3 #C3389E

square

#C3A338 #38C35E #3858C3 #C3389E

split-complementary

#C3A338 #389EC3 #5E38C3

monochromatic

#64541D #937B2A #C3A338 #D3BA65 #E1CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C3A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C3A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A338

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A338	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd75',
    500: '#c3a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a338;
$custom-light: #d9bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A338

secondary

#8B9ACC

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A338

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

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