#C3A441#C3A441

#C3A441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A441
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 0.36, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 53.82, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0033 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.122 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7371, 38.5367, 10.5033)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A441 #4160C3

analogous

#C36341 #C3A441 #A1C341

triadic

#C3A441 #41C3A4 #A441C3

tetradic

#C3A441 #41C363 #4160C3 #C341A1

square

#C3A441 #41C363 #4160C3 #C341A1

split-complementary

#C3A441 #41A1C3 #6341C3

monochromatic

#695821 #977E30 #C3A441 #D2BA70 #E0D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C3A441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A441

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A441	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7a',
    500: '#c3a441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a441;
$custom-light: #d9be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72792,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A441

secondary

#93A1CD

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A441

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

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