#C3AA33#C3AA33

#C3AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA33
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -3.56, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 61.09, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0161 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4799, 40.5925, 8.9923)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA33 #334CC3

analogous

#C36233 #C3AA33 #94C333

triadic

#C3AA33 #33C3AA #AA33C3

tetradic

#C3AA33 #33C362 #334CC3 #C33394

square

#C3AA33 #33C362 #334CC3 #C33394

split-complementary

#C3AA33 #3394C3 #6233C3

monochromatic

#62551A #928026 #C3AA33 #D5C05E #E2D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C3AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA33

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA33	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c273',
    500: '#c3aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa33;
$custom-light: #d9c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA33

secondary

#8692CC

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA33

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

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