#C3A536#C3A536

#C3A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A536
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -0.76, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 58.59, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0078 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6286, 38.7808, 9.0455)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A536 #3654C3

analogous

#C35F36 #C3A536 #9BC336

triadic

#C3A536 #36C3A5 #A536C3

tetradic

#C3A536 #36C35F #3654C3 #C3369B

square

#C3A536 #36C35F #3654C3 #C3369B

split-complementary

#C3A536 #369BC3 #5F36C3

monochromatic

#63541B #937C29 #C3A536 #D4BC63 #E1D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C3A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A536

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A536	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf74',
    500: '#c3a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a536;
$custom-light: #d9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A536

secondary

#8997CC

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A536

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

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