#C3AA44#C3AA44

#C3AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA44
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -2.65, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 54.27, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0116 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9255, 40.7708, 11.3396)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA44 #445DC3

analogous

#C36B44 #C3AA44 #9DC344

triadic

#C3AA44 #44C3AA #AA44C3

tetradic

#C3AA44 #44C36B #445DC3 #C3449D

square

#C3AA44 #44C36B #445DC3 #C3449D

split-complementary

#C3AA44 #449DC3 #6B44C3

monochromatic

#6A5C22 #998431 #C3AA44 #D2BF72 #E1D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C3AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA44

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37d',
    500: '#c3aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa44;
$custom-light: #d8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA44

secondary

#95A0CD

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA44

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

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