#C3A440#C3A440

#C3A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A440
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 0.30, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 54.25, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0036 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7084, 38.5253, 10.3521)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A440 #405FC3

analogous

#C36340 #C3A440 #A0C340

triadic

#C3A440 #40C3A4 #A440C3

tetradic

#C3A440 #40C363 #405FC3 #C340A0

square

#C3A440 #40C363 #405FC3 #C340A0

split-complementary

#C3A440 #40A0C3 #6340C3

monochromatic

#685721 #977E2F #C3A440 #D2BA6F #E0D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C3A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A440

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A440	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)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7a',
    500: '#c3a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a440;
$custom-light: #d9be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A440

secondary

#92A0CC

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A440

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

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