#C3A635#C3A635

#C3A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A635
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -1.35, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 59.24, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0096 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.131 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7864, 39.1336, 8.9834)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A635 #3552C3

analogous

#C35F35 #C3A635 #99C335

triadic

#C3A635 #35C3A6 #A635C3

tetradic

#C3A635 #35C35F #3552C3 #C33599

square

#C3A635 #35C35F #3552C3 #C33599

split-complementary

#C3A635 #3599C3 #5F35C3

monochromatic

#63541B #937D28 #C3A635 #D4BD61 #E1D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C3A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C3A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A635

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A635	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c074',
    500: '#c3a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a635;
$custom-light: #d9c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A635

secondary

#8896CC

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A635

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

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