#C3A447#C3A447

#C3A447 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A447
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 63.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 0.73, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 51.19, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0015 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.117 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9203, 38.6100, 11.4678)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A447 #4766C3

analogous

#C36647 #C3A447 #A4C347

triadic

#C3A447 #47C3A4 #A447C3

tetradic

#C3A447 #47C366 #4766C3 #C347A4

square

#C3A447 #47C366 #4766C3 #C347A4

split-complementary

#C3A447 #47A4C3 #6647C3

monochromatic

#6C5A23 #9A8032 #C3A447 #D2BB75 #E1D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C3A447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A447

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A447	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)

#B5A23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7e',
    500: '#c3a447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a447;
$custom-light: #d8be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A447

secondary

#98A5CE

accent

#71DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A447

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

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