#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
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -3.47, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 60.35, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0157 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5249, 40.6106, 9.2296)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3AA35	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)

#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

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

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