#C3A445#C3A445

#C3A445 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A445
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 0.61, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 52.08, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0021 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.8571, 38.5847, 11.1353)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A445 #4564C3

analogous

#C36545 #C3A445 #A3C345

triadic

#C3A445 #45C3A4 #A445C3

tetradic

#C3A445 #45C365 #4564C3 #C345A3

square

#C3A445 #45C365 #4564C3 #C345A3

split-complementary

#C3A445 #45A3C3 #6545C3

monochromatic

#6B5923 #998031 #C3A445 #D2BB73 #E1D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C3A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A445

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A445	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7d',
    500: '#c3a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a445;
$custom-light: #d8be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A445

secondary

#96A4CE

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A445

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →