#C3AA3D#C3AA3D

#C3AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA3D
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -3.06, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 57.21, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0136 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7245, 40.6904, 10.2810)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA3D #3D56C3

analogous

#C3673D #C3AA3D #99C33D

triadic

#C3AA3D #3DC3AA #AA3DC3

tetradic

#C3AA3D #3DC367 #3D56C3 #C33D99

square

#C3AA3D #3DC367 #3D56C3 #C33D99

split-complementary

#C3AA3D #3D99C3 #673DC3

monochromatic

#665920 #95822E #C3AA3D #D1BE6C #E0D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C3AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA3D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA3D	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)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c278',
    500: '#c3aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa3d;
$custom-light: #d9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74002,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA3D

secondary

#909BCC

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA3D

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

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