#C3A837#C3A837

#C3A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A837
RGB	rgb(195, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -2.31, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 59.02, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0121 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1998, 39.8852, 9.3529)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A837 #3752C3

analogous

#C36237 #C3A837 #98C337

triadic

#C3A837 #37C3A8 #A837C3

tetradic

#C3A837 #37C362 #3752C3 #C33798

square

#C3A837 #37C362 #3752C3 #C33798

split-complementary

#C3A837 #3798C3 #6237C3

monochromatic

#64561C #937F2A #C3A837 #D3BE64 #E1D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C3A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C3A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A837

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A837	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c175',
    500: '#c3a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a837;
$custom-light: #d9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A837

secondary

#8A97CC

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A837

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

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