#C3A640#C3A640

#C3A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A640
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -0.77, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 54.80, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0067 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0692, 39.2467, 10.4724)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A640 #405DC3

analogous

#C36540 #C3A640 #9EC340

triadic

#C3A640 #40C3A6 #A640C3

tetradic

#C3A640 #40C365 #405DC3 #C3409E

square

#C3A640 #40C365 #405DC3 #C3409E

split-complementary

#C3A640 #409EC3 #6540C3

monochromatic

#685821 #97802F #C3A640 #D2BC6F #E0D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C3A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C3A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A640

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A640	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c07a',
    500: '#c3a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a640;
$custom-light: #d9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A640

secondary

#929FCC

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A640

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

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