#C3A535#C3A535

#C3A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A535
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -0.81, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 58.97, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0081 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6054, 38.7715, 8.9230)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A535 #3553C3

analogous

#C35E35 #C3A535 #9AC335

triadic

#C3A535 #35C3A5 #A535C3

tetradic

#C3A535 #35C35E #3553C3 #C3359A

square

#C3A535 #35C35E #3553C3 #C3359A

split-complementary

#C3A535 #359AC3 #5E35C3

monochromatic

#63541B #937C28 #C3A535 #D4BC61 #E1D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C3A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A535

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A535	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)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf74',
    500: '#c3a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a535;
$custom-light: #d9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A535

secondary

#8896CC

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A535

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

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