#C3AA46#C3AA46

#C3AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA46
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -2.53, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 53.40, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.011 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.122 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9876, 40.7957, 11.6666)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA46 #465FC3

analogous

#C36C46 #C3AA46 #9EC346

triadic

#C3AA46 #46C3AA #AA46C3

tetradic

#C3AA46 #46C36C #465FC3 #C3469E

square

#C3AA46 #46C36C #465FC3 #C3469E

split-complementary

#C3AA46 #469EC3 #6C46C3

monochromatic

#6C5D23 #9A8532 #C3AA46 #D2BF74 #E1D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C3AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA46

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA46	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)

#BAA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37e',
    500: '#c3aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa46;
$custom-light: #d8c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA46

secondary

#97A2CE

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA46

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

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