#C3AA3C#C3AA3C

#C3AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA3C
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -3.11, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 57.62, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0139 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6978, 40.6797, 10.1404)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA3C #3C55C3

analogous

#C3673C #C3AA3C #98C33C

triadic

#C3AA3C #3CC3AA #AA3CC3

tetradic

#C3AA3C #3CC367 #3C55C3 #C33C98

square

#C3AA3C #3CC367 #3C55C3 #C33C98

split-complementary

#C3AA3C #3C98C3 #673CC3

monochromatic

#65581F #94812E #C3AA3C #D1BE6B #E0D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C3AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA3C

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA3C	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c278',
    500: '#c3aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa3c;
$custom-light: #d9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA3C

secondary

#8F9ACC

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA3C

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

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