#C3A951#C3A951

#C3A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A951
RGB	rgb(195, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -1.23, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 48.10, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0059 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.112 93)
XYZ	xyz(38.1805, 40.5740, 13.6035)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A951 #516BC3

analogous

#C37051 #C3A951 #A4C351

triadic

#C3A951 #51C3A9 #A951C3

tetradic

#C3A951 #51C370 #516BC3 #C351A4

square

#C3A951 #51C370 #516BC3 #C351A4

split-complementary

#C3A951 #51A4C3 #7051C3

monochromatic

#726127 #A08837 #C3A951 #D3BF7F #E2D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C3A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A951

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A951	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)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c285',
    500: '#c3a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a951;
$custom-light: #d8c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73996,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A951

secondary

#A0ABD0

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A951

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

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