#C3A438#C3A438

#C3A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A438
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -0.13, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 57.54, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0058 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.128 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4969, 38.4406, 9.2380)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A438 #3857C3

analogous

#C35F38 #C3A438 #9DC338

triadic

#C3A438 #38C3A4 #A438C3

tetradic

#C3A438 #38C35F #3857C3 #C3389D

square

#C3A438 #38C35F #3857C3 #C3389D

split-complementary

#C3A438 #389DC3 #5F38C3

monochromatic

#64541D #937C2A #C3A438 #D3BA65 #E1D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C3A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C3A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A438

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A438	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be75',
    500: '#c3a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a438;
$custom-light: #d9be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A438

secondary

#8B99CC

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A438

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

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