#C3A949#C3A949

#C3A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A949
RGB	rgb(195, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -1.80, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 51.76, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0086 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8980, 40.4610, 12.1156)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A949 #4963C3

analogous

#C36C49 #C3A949 #A0C349

triadic

#C3A949 #49C3A9 #A949C3

tetradic

#C3A949 #49C36C #4963C3 #C349A0

square

#C3A949 #49C36C #4963C3 #C349A0

split-complementary

#C3A949 #49A0C3 #6C49C3

monochromatic

#6E5E24 #9C8533 #C3A949 #D2BF77 #E1D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C3A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C3A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A949

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A949	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c280',
    500: '#c3a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a949;
$custom-light: #d8c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A949

secondary

#99A5CE

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A949

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

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