#C3AA3B#C3AA3B

#C3AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA3B
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -3.17, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 58.02, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0141 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6717, 40.6693, 10.0025)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA3B #3B54C3

analogous

#C3663B #C3AA3B #98C33B

triadic

#C3AA3B #3BC3AA #AA3BC3

tetradic

#C3AA3B #3BC366 #3B54C3 #C33B98

square

#C3AA3B #3BC366 #3B54C3 #C33B98

split-complementary

#C3AA3B #3B98C3 #663BC3

monochromatic

#65581F #94812D #C3AA3B #D2BF69 #E0D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C3AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA3B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c277',
    500: '#c3aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa3b;
$custom-light: #d9c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA3B

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA3B

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

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