#C3AA39#C3AA39

#C3AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA39
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -3.27, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 58.82, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0147 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6208, 40.6489, 9.7345)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA39 #3952C3

analogous

#C36539 #C3AA39 #97C339

triadic

#C3AA39 #39C3AA #AA39C3

tetradic

#C3AA39 #39C365 #3952C3 #C33997

square

#C3AA39 #39C365 #3952C3 #C33997

split-complementary

#C3AA39 #3997C3 #6539C3

monochromatic

#64571D #94812B #C3AA39 #D2BF67 #E0D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C3AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA39

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c276',
    500: '#c3aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa39;
$custom-light: #d9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA39

secondary

#8C98CC

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA39

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

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