#C3A533#C3A533

#C3A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A533
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -0.91, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 59.73, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0086 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.132 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5603, 38.7535, 8.6858)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A533 #3351C3

analogous

#C35D33 #C3A533 #99C333

triadic

#C3A533 #33C3A5 #A533C3

tetradic

#C3A533 #33C35D #3351C3 #C33399

square

#C3A533 #33C35D #3351C3 #C33399

split-complementary

#C3A533 #3399C3 #5D33C3

monochromatic

#62531A #927C26 #C3A533 #D5BC5E #E2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C3A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A533

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A533	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf72',
    500: '#c3a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a533;
$custom-light: #d9bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A533

secondary

#8694CC

accent

#66E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A533

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

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