#C3AA37#C3AA37

#C3AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA37
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -3.37, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 59.59, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0152 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5719, 40.6293, 9.4769)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA37 #3750C3

analogous

#C36437 #C3AA37 #96C337

triadic

#C3AA37 #37C3AA #AA37C3

tetradic

#C3AA37 #37C364 #3750C3 #C33796

square

#C3AA37 #37C364 #3750C3 #C33796

split-complementary

#C3AA37 #3796C3 #6437C3

monochromatic

#64571C #93802A #C3AA37 #D3BF64 #E1D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C3AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA37

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA37	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c275',
    500: '#c3aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa37;
$custom-light: #d9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA37

secondary

#8A96CC

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA37

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

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