#C3AA43#C3AA43

#C3AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA43
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -2.71, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 54.70, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0119 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.124 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8953, 40.7587, 11.1803)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA43 #435CC3

analogous

#C36A43 #C3AA43 #9CC343

triadic

#C3AA43 #43C3AA #AA43C3

tetradic

#C3AA43 #43C36A #435CC3 #C3439C

square

#C3AA43 #43C36A #435CC3 #C3439C

split-complementary

#C3AA43 #439CC3 #6A43C3

monochromatic

#6A5C22 #988431 #C3AA43 #D2BF71 #E1D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C3AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA43

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA43	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37c',
    500: '#c3aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa43;
$custom-light: #d8c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA43

secondary

#95A0CD

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA43

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

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