#C3A342#C3A342

#C3A342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A342
RGB	rgb(195, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 0.96, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 53.12, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0015 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.12 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5881, 38.1919, 10.5978)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A342 #4262C3

analogous

#C36242 #C3A342 #A2C342

triadic

#C3A342 #42C3A3 #A342C3

tetradic

#C3A342 #42C362 #4262C3 #C342A2

square

#C3A342 #42C362 #4262C3 #C342A2

split-complementary

#C3A342 #42A2C3 #6242C3

monochromatic

#695721 #987E30 #C3A342 #D2BA70 #E0D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C3A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C3A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A342

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A342	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7b',
    500: '#c3a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a342;
$custom-light: #d9bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A342

secondary

#94A2CD

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A342

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

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