#C3A643#C3A643

#C3A643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A643
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -0.59, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 53.52, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0058 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.122 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1568, 39.2818, 10.9341)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A643 #4360C3

analogous

#C36643 #C3A643 #A0C343

triadic

#C3A643 #43C3A6 #A643C3

tetradic

#C3A643 #43C366 #4360C3 #C343A0

square

#C3A643 #43C366 #4360C3 #C343A0

split-complementary

#C3A643 #43A0C3 #6643C3

monochromatic

#6A5A22 #988131 #C3A643 #D2BC71 #E1D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C3A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C3A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A643

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A643	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c07c',
    500: '#c3a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a643;
$custom-light: #d8c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A643

secondary

#95A1CD

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A643

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

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