#C3A436#C3A436

#C3A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A436
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -0.23, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 58.32, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0063 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.13 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4490, 38.4215, 8.9856)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A436 #3655C3

analogous

#C35E36 #C3A436 #9CC336

triadic

#C3A436 #36C3A4 #A436C3

tetradic

#C3A436 #36C35E #3655C3 #C3369C

square

#C3A436 #36C35E #3655C3 #C3369C

split-complementary

#C3A436 #369CC3 #5E36C3

monochromatic

#63531B #937C29 #C3A436 #D4BB63 #E1D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C3A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C3A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A436

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A436	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be74',
    500: '#c3a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a436;
$custom-light: #d9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72699,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A436

secondary

#8998CC

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A436

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

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