#C3A42E#C3A42E

#C3A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A42E
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -0.59, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 61.28, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0082 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2763, 38.3524, 8.0763)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A42E #2E4DC3

analogous

#C35A2E #C3A42E #97C32E

triadic

#C3A42E #2EC3A4 #A42EC3

tetradic

#C3A42E #2EC35A #2E4DC3 #C32E97

square

#C3A42E #2EC35A #2E4DC3 #C32E97

split-complementary

#C3A42E #2E97C3 #5A2EC3

monochromatic

#605117 #917A22 #C3A42E #D7BD57 #E3D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C3A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C3A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A42E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A42E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be70',
    500: '#c3a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a42e;
$custom-light: #d9be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A42E

secondary

#8090CD

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A42E

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

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