#C3A52A#C3A52A

#C3A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A52A
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -1.28, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 62.89, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0105 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.137 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3808, 38.6817, 7.7401)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A52A #2A48C3

analogous

#C3592A #C3A52A #95C32A

triadic

#C3A52A #2AC3A5 #A52AC3

tetradic

#C3A52A #2AC359 #2A48C3 #C32A95

square

#C3A52A #2AC359 #2A48C3 #C32A95

split-complementary

#C3A52A #2A95C3 #592AC3

monochromatic

#5E5014 #917A1F #C3A52A #D9BF51 #E4D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C3A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A52A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A52A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf6e',
    500: '#c3a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a52a;
$custom-light: #dabf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A52A

secondary

#7B8CCD

accent

#61E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A52A

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

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