#C3A736#C3A736

#C3A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A736
RGB	rgb(195, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -1.83, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 59.13, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0109 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.132 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9922, 39.5079, 9.1666)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A736 #3652C3

analogous

#C36136 #C3A736 #99C336

triadic

#C3A736 #36C3A7 #A736C3

tetradic

#C3A736 #36C361 #3652C3 #C33699

square

#C3A736 #36C361 #3652C3 #C33699

split-complementary

#C3A736 #3699C3 #6136C3

monochromatic

#63551B #937E29 #C3A736 #D4BD63 #E1D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C3A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C3A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A736

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A736	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c074',
    500: '#c3a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a736;
$custom-light: #d9c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A736

secondary

#8996CC

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A736

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

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