#C3A42A#C3A42A

#C3A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.137 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A42A
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -0.74, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 62.64, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.009 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.137 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2011, 38.3223, 7.6802)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A42A #2A49C3

analogous

#C3582A #C3A42A #96C32A

triadic

#C3A42A #2AC3A4 #A42AC3

tetradic

#C3A42A #2AC358 #2A49C3 #C32A96

square

#C3A42A #2AC358 #2A49C3 #C32A96

split-complementary

#C3A42A #2A96C3 #582AC3

monochromatic

#5E4F14 #917A1F #C3A42A #D9BE51 #E4D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C3A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C3A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A42A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A42A	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.137 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe6e',
    500: '#c3a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a42a;
$custom-light: #dabe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A42A

secondary

#7B8CCD

accent

#62E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A42A

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

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