#C3A43A#C3A43A

#C3A43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A43A
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -0.03, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 56.74, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0053 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5468, 38.4606, 9.5008)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A43A #3A59C3

analogous

#C35F3A #C3A43A #9EC33A

triadic

#C3A43A #3AC3A4 #A43AC3

tetradic

#C3A43A #3AC35F #3A59C3 #C33A9E

square

#C3A43A #3AC35F #3A59C3 #C33A9E

split-complementary

#C3A43A #3A9EC3 #5F3AC3

monochromatic

#65551E #947C2C #C3A43A #D2BA68 #E0D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C3A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C3A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A43A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A43A	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)

#B6A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be76',
    500: '#c3a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a43a;
$custom-light: #d9be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A43A

secondary

#8D9BCC

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A43A

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

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