#C3A751#C3A751

#C3A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A751
RGB	rgb(195, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -0.17, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 47.48, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0028 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.111 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8112, 39.8355, 13.4804)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A751 #516DC3

analogous

#C36E51 #C3A751 #A6C351

triadic

#C3A751 #51C3A7 #A751C3

tetradic

#C3A751 #51C36E #516DC3 #C351A6

square

#C3A751 #51C36E #516DC3 #C351A6

split-complementary

#C3A751 #51A6C3 #6E51C3

monochromatic

#726027 #A08637 #C3A751 #D3BE7F #E2D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C3A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C3A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A751

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A751	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c085',
    500: '#c3a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a751;
$custom-light: #d8c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A751

secondary

#A0ACD0

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A751

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

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