#C3AA40#C3AA40

#C3AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA40
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -2.89, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 55.97, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0128 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8076, 40.7236, 10.7185)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA40 #4059C3

analogous

#C36840 #C3AA40 #9AC340

triadic

#C3AA40 #40C3AA #AA40C3

tetradic

#C3AA40 #40C368 #4059C3 #C3409A

square

#C3AA40 #40C368 #4059C3 #C3409A

split-complementary

#C3AA40 #409AC3 #6840C3

monochromatic

#685A21 #97832F #C3AA40 #D2BF6F #E0D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C3AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C3AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA40

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA40	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)

#BBA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37a',
    500: '#c3aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa40;
$custom-light: #d9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA40

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA40

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

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