#C3AA38#C3AA38

#C3AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA38
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -3.32, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 59.21, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0149 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5961, 40.6390, 9.6044)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA38 #3851C3

analogous

#C36538 #C3AA38 #96C338

triadic

#C3AA38 #38C3AA #AA38C3

tetradic

#C3AA38 #38C365 #3851C3 #C33896

square

#C3AA38 #38C365 #3851C3 #C33896

split-complementary

#C3AA38 #3896C3 #6538C3

monochromatic

#64571D #93812A #C3AA38 #D3BF65 #E1D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C3AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA38

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c276',
    500: '#c3aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa38;
$custom-light: #d9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA38

secondary

#8B97CC

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA38

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

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