#C3AA48#C3AA48

#C3AA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA48
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -2.40, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 52.52, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0104 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.12 95)
XYZ	xyz(38.0518, 40.8213, 12.0046)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA48 #4861C3

analogous

#C36D48 #C3AA48 #9EC348

triadic

#C3AA48 #48C3AA #AA48C3

tetradic

#C3AA48 #48C36D #4861C3 #C3489E

square

#C3AA48 #48C36D #4861C3 #C3489E

split-complementary

#C3AA48 #489EC3 #6D48C3

monochromatic

#6D5E24 #9B8633 #C3AA48 #D2BF76 #E1D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C3AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA48

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA48	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)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37f',
    500: '#c3aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa48;
$custom-light: #d8c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74105,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA48

secondary

#99A4CE

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA48

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

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