#C3A950#C3A950

#C3A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A950
RGB	rgb(195, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -1.31, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 48.56, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0063 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.113 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1432, 40.5591, 13.4074)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A950 #506AC3

analogous

#C37050 #C3A950 #A4C350

triadic

#C3A950 #50C3A9 #A950C3

tetradic

#C3A950 #50C370 #506AC3 #C350A4

square

#C3A950 #50C370 #506AC3 #C350A4

split-complementary

#C3A950 #50A4C3 #7050C3

monochromatic

#726127 #9F8837 #C3A950 #D3BF7E #E2D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C3A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A950

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A950	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c284',
    500: '#c3a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a950;
$custom-light: #d8c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73984,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A950

secondary

#9FAAD0

accent

#6ED84F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A950

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

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