#C3A549#C3A549

#C3A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A549
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 0.33, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 50.57, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0024 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.116 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1652, 38.9954, 11.8713)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A549 #4967C3

analogous

#C36849 #C3A549 #A4C349

triadic

#C3A549 #49C3A5 #A549C3

tetradic

#C3A549 #49C368 #4967C3 #C349A4

square

#C3A549 #49C368 #4967C3 #C349A4

split-complementary

#C3A549 #49A4C3 #6849C3

monochromatic

#6E5B24 #9C8233 #C3A549 #D2BC77 #E1D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C3A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C3A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A549

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A549	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf7f',
    500: '#c3a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a549;
$custom-light: #d8bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A549

secondary

#99A6CE

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A549

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

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