#C3A537#C3A537

#C3A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A537
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -0.72, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 58.20, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0076 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6523, 38.7903, 9.1704)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A537 #3755C3

analogous

#C35F37 #C3A537 #9BC337

triadic

#C3A537 #37C3A5 #A537C3

tetradic

#C3A537 #37C35F #3755C3 #C3379B

square

#C3A537 #37C35F #3755C3 #C3379B

split-complementary

#C3A537 #379BC3 #5F37C3

monochromatic

#64541C #937D2A #C3A537 #D3BB64 #E1D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C3A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A537

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A537	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)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf75',
    500: '#c3a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a537;
$custom-light: #d9bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72914,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A537

secondary

#8A98CC

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A537

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

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