#C3AA36#C3AA36

#C3AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA36
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -3.42, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 59.97, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0154 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.134 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5481, 40.6199, 9.3520)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA36 #364FC3

analogous

#C36436 #C3AA36 #96C336

triadic

#C3AA36 #36C3AA #AA36C3

tetradic

#C3AA36 #36C364 #364FC3 #C33696

square

#C3AA36 #36C364 #364FC3 #C33696

split-complementary

#C3AA36 #3696C3 #6436C3

monochromatic

#63561B #938029 #C3AA36 #D4C063 #E1D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C3AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA36

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c275',
    500: '#c3aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa36;
$custom-light: #d9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA36

secondary

#8995CC

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA36

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

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