#C3A641#C3A641

#C3A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A641
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -0.71, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 54.38, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0064 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.123 93)
XYZ	xyz(37.0979, 39.2582, 10.6236)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A641 #415EC3

analogous

#C36541 #C3A641 #9FC341

triadic

#C3A641 #41C3A6 #A641C3

tetradic

#C3A641 #41C365 #415EC3 #C3419F

square

#C3A641 #41C365 #415EC3 #C3419F

split-complementary

#C3A641 #419FC3 #6541C3

monochromatic

#695921 #978030 #C3A641 #D2BC70 #E0D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C3A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C3A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A641

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A641	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)

#B7A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c07a',
    500: '#c3a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a641;
$custom-light: #d9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A641

secondary

#93A0CD

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A641

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

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