#C3A341#C3A341

#C3A341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A341
RGB	rgb(195, 163, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 0.90, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 53.55, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0018 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.121 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5589, 38.1802, 10.4439)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A341 #4161C3

analogous

#C36241 #C3A341 #A2C341

triadic

#C3A341 #41C3A3 #A341C3

tetradic

#C3A341 #41C362 #4161C3 #C341A2

square

#C3A341 #41C362 #4161C3 #C341A2

split-complementary

#C3A341 #41A2C3 #6241C3

monochromatic

#695721 #977E30 #C3A341 #D2BA70 #E0D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C3A341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C3A341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A341

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A341	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 163, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7a',
    500: '#c3a341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a341;
$custom-light: #d9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A341

secondary

#93A1CD

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A341

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

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