#C3A645#C3A645

#C3A645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A645
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -0.46, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 52.64, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0052 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.12 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2179, 39.3062, 11.2556)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A645 #4562C3

analogous

#C36745 #C3A645 #A1C345

triadic

#C3A645 #45C3A6 #A645C3

tetradic

#C3A645 #45C367 #4562C3 #C345A1

square

#C3A645 #45C367 #4562C3 #C345A1

split-complementary

#C3A645 #45A1C3 #6745C3

monochromatic

#6B5A23 #998131 #C3A645 #D2BC73 #E1D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C3A645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C3A645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A645

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A645	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)

#B7A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c07d',
    500: '#c3a645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a645;
$custom-light: #d8c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A645

secondary

#96A3CE

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A645

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

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