#C3A838#C3A838

#C3A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A838
RGB	rgb(195, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -2.26, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 58.63, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0119 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2240, 39.8949, 9.4804)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A838 #3853C3

analogous

#C36338 #C3A838 #99C338

triadic

#C3A838 #38C3A8 #A838C3

tetradic

#C3A838 #38C363 #3853C3 #C33899

square

#C3A838 #38C363 #3853C3 #C33899

split-complementary

#C3A838 #3899C3 #6338C3

monochromatic

#64561D #937F2A #C3A838 #D3BE65 #E1D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C3A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C3A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A838

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A838	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)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c175',
    500: '#c3a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a838;
$custom-light: #d9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73545,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A838

secondary

#8B98CC

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A838

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

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