#C3A738#C3A738

#C3A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A738
RGB	rgb(195, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -1.73, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 58.35, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0104 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0401, 39.5271, 9.4191)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A738 #3854C3

analogous

#C36238 #C3A738 #99C338

triadic

#C3A738 #38C3A7 #A738C3

tetradic

#C3A738 #38C362 #3854C3 #C33899

square

#C3A738 #38C362 #3854C3 #C33899

split-complementary

#C3A738 #3899C3 #6238C3

monochromatic

#64561D #937E2A #C3A738 #D3BD65 #E1D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C3A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C3A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A738

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A738	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)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c075',
    500: '#c3a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a738;
$custom-light: #d9c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A738

secondary

#8B98CC

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A738

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

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