#C3A839#C3A839

#C3A839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A839
RGB	rgb(195, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -2.21, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 58.24, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0116 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2487, 39.9048, 9.6105)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A839 #3954C3

analogous

#C36339 #C3A839 #99C339

triadic

#C3A839 #39C3A8 #A839C3

tetradic

#C3A839 #39C363 #3954C3 #C33999

square

#C3A839 #39C363 #3954C3 #C33999

split-complementary

#C3A839 #3999C3 #6339C3

monochromatic

#64561D #947F2B #C3A839 #D2BD67 #E0D296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C3A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C3A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A839

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A839	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)

#B9A529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c176',
    500: '#c3a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a839;
$custom-light: #d9c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A839

secondary

#8C99CC

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A839

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →