#C3A52E#C3A52E

#C3A52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A52E
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -1.12, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 61.53, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0097 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4560, 38.7117, 8.1362)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A52E #2E4CC3

analogous

#C35A2E #C3A52E #97C32E

triadic

#C3A52E #2EC3A5 #A52EC3

tetradic

#C3A52E #2EC35A #2E4CC3 #C32E97

square

#C3A52E #2EC35A #2E4CC3 #C32E97

split-complementary

#C3A52E #2E97C3 #5A2EC3

monochromatic

#605117 #917B22 #C3A52E #D7BD57 #E3D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C3A52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A52E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A52E	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)

#B7A217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf70',
    500: '#c3a52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a52e;
$custom-light: #d9bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A52E

secondary

#808FCD

accent

#64E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A52E

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

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