#C3AA35#C3AA35

#C3AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3AA35
RGBrgb(195, 170, 53)
HSLhsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(49, 73%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.90, -3.47, 60.25)
CIE-LCHlch(69.90, 60.35, 93.29°)
OKLaboklab(73.94% -0.0157 0.1333)
OKLCHoklch(73.94% 0.134 96.7)
XYZxyz(37.5249, 40.6106, 9.2296)
Luminance0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3AA35 #354EC3
analogous
#C36335 #C3AA35 #95C335
triadic
#C3AA35 #35C3AA #AA35C3
tetradic
#C3AA35 #35C363 #354EC3 #C33595
square
#C3AA35 #35C363 #354EC3 #C33595
split-complementary
#C3AA35 #3595C3 #6335C3
monochromatic
#63561B #938028 #C3AA35 #D4C061 #E1D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#C3AA35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#C3AA35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA35
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3AA35#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3AA351.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA622
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2AE3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D39D93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 96.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c274',
    500: '#c3aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3aa35;
$custom-light: #d9c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3AA35
secondary
#8894CC
accent
#62E147
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF7ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA35

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#C3AA35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva