#C3A538#C3A538

#C3A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A538
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -0.67, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 57.80, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0073 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.129 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6766, 38.8000, 9.2979)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A538 #3856C3

analogous

#C36038 #C3A538 #9CC338

triadic

#C3A538 #38C3A5 #A538C3

tetradic

#C3A538 #38C360 #3856C3 #C3389C

square

#C3A538 #38C360 #3856C3 #C3389C

split-complementary

#C3A538 #389CC3 #6038C3

monochromatic

#64551D #937D2A #C3A538 #D3BB65 #E1D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C3A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A538

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A538	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf75',
    500: '#c3a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a538;
$custom-light: #d9bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A538

secondary

#8B99CC

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A538

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

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