#C3AA3E#C3AA3E

#C3AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA3E
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -3.01, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 56.80, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0133 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(37.7517, 40.7013, 10.4241)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA3E #3E57C3

analogous

#C3683E #C3AA3E #99C33E

triadic

#C3AA3E #3EC3AA #AA3EC3

tetradic

#C3AA3E #3EC368 #3E57C3 #C33E99

square

#C3AA3E #3EC368 #3E57C3 #C33E99

split-complementary

#C3AA3E #3E99C3 #683EC3

monochromatic

#675920 #95822E #C3AA3E #D2BF6D #E0D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C3AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA3E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA3E	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)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c279',
    500: '#c3aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa3e;
$custom-light: #d9c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.40699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA3E

secondary

#919CCC

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA3E

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

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