#C3A443#C3A443

#C3A443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A443
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 0.48, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 52.95, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0027 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.12 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7961, 38.5603, 10.8139)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A443 #4362C3

analogous

#C36443 #C3A443 #A2C343

triadic

#C3A443 #43C3A4 #A443C3

tetradic

#C3A443 #43C364 #4362C3 #C343A2

square

#C3A443 #43C364 #4362C3 #C343A2

split-complementary

#C3A443 #43A2C3 #6443C3

monochromatic

#6A5822 #987F31 #C3A443 #D2BA71 #E1D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C3A443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A443

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A443	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)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7c',
    500: '#c3a443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a443;
$custom-light: #d9be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72812,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A443

secondary

#95A2CD

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A443

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

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