#C3A43D#C3A43D

#C3A43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A43D
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 0.13, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 55.51, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0045 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.6253, 38.4920, 9.9146)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A43D #3D5CC3

analogous

#C3613D #C3A43D #9FC33D

triadic

#C3A43D #3DC3A4 #A43DC3

tetradic

#C3A43D #3DC361 #3D5CC3 #C33D9F

square

#C3A43D #3DC361 #3D5CC3 #C33D9F

split-complementary

#C3A43D #3D9FC3 #613DC3

monochromatic

#665620 #957D2E #C3A43D #D1BA6C #E0D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C3A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A43D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A43D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be78',
    500: '#c3a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a43d;
$custom-light: #d9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A43D

secondary

#909ECC

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A43D

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

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