#C3A648#C3A648

#C3A648 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A648
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -0.27, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 51.31, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0043 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.118 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3134, 39.3444, 11.7585)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A648 #4865C3

analogous

#C36948 #C3A648 #A2C348

triadic

#C3A648 #48C3A6 #A648C3

tetradic

#C3A648 #48C369 #4865C3 #C348A2

square

#C3A648 #48C369 #4865C3 #C348A2

split-complementary

#C3A648 #48A2C3 #6948C3

monochromatic

#6D5C24 #9B8233 #C3A648 #D2BC76 #E1D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C3A648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C3A648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A648

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A648	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c07f',
    500: '#c3a648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a648;
$custom-light: #d8c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73275,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A648

secondary

#99A5CE

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A648

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

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