#C3A637#C3A637

#C3A637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A637
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -1.25, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 58.47, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0091 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(36.8334, 39.1524, 9.2308)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A637 #3754C3

analogous

#C36037 #C3A637 #9AC337

triadic

#C3A637 #37C3A6 #A637C3

tetradic

#C3A637 #37C360 #3754C3 #C3379A

square

#C3A637 #37C360 #3754C3 #C3379A

split-complementary

#C3A637 #379AC3 #6037C3

monochromatic

#64551C #937D2A #C3A637 #D3BC64 #E1D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C3A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C3A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A637

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A637	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c075',
    500: '#c3a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a637;
$custom-light: #d9c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.3915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A637

secondary

#8A98CC

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A637

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

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