#C3A937#C3A937

#C3A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A937
RGB	rgb(195, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -2.84, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 59.30, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0137 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3851, 40.2559, 9.4147)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A937 #3751C3

analogous

#C36337 #C3A937 #97C337

triadic

#C3A937 #37C3A9 #A937C3

tetradic

#C3A937 #37C363 #3751C3 #C33797

square

#C3A937 #37C363 #3751C3 #C33797

split-complementary

#C3A937 #3797C3 #6337C3

monochromatic

#64561C #93802A #C3A937 #D3BF64 #E1D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C3A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C3A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A937

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A937	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c275',
    500: '#c3a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a937;
$custom-light: #d9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A937

secondary

#8A96CC

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A937

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

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