#C3A540#C3A540

#C3A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A540
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -0.23, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 54.52, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0051 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.123 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8881, 38.8846, 10.4120)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A540 #405EC3

analogous

#C36440 #C3A540 #9FC340

triadic

#C3A540 #40C3A5 #A540C3

tetradic

#C3A540 #40C364 #405EC3 #C3409F

square

#C3A540 #40C364 #405EC3 #C3409F

split-complementary

#C3A540 #409FC3 #6440C3

monochromatic

#685821 #977F2F #C3A540 #D2BB6F #E0D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C3A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C3A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A540

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A540	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf7a',
    500: '#c3a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a540;
$custom-light: #d9bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A540

secondary

#92A0CC

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A540

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

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