#C3AA3F#C3AA3F

#C3AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA3F
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -2.95, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 56.39, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.013 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7794, 40.7124, 10.5700)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA3F #3F58C3

analogous

#C3683F #C3AA3F #9AC33F

triadic

#C3AA3F #3FC3AA #AA3FC3

tetradic

#C3AA3F #3FC368 #3F58C3 #C33F9A

square

#C3AA3F #3FC368 #3F58C3 #C33F9A

split-complementary

#C3AA3F #3F9AC3 #683FC3

monochromatic

#675A20 #96822F #C3AA3F #D2BF6E #E0D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C3AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA3F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA3F	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)

#BBA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37a',
    500: '#c3aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa3f;
$custom-light: #d9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA3F

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA3F

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

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