#C3AA45#C3AA45

#C3AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA45
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -2.59, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 53.84, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0113 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9563, 40.7831, 11.5017)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA45 #455EC3

analogous

#C36B45 #C3AA45 #9DC345

triadic

#C3AA45 #45C3AA #AA45C3

tetradic

#C3AA45 #45C36B #455EC3 #C3459D

square

#C3AA45 #45C36B #455EC3 #C3459D

split-complementary

#C3AA45 #459DC3 #6B45C3

monochromatic

#6B5D23 #998531 #C3AA45 #D2BF73 #E1D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C3AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA45

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA45	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37d',
    500: '#c3aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa45;
$custom-light: #d8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74075,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA45

secondary

#96A1CE

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA45

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

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