#C3AA49#C3AA49

#C3AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA49
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -2.33, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 52.07, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0101 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.12 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0847, 40.8345, 12.1778)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA49 #4962C3

analogous

#C36D49 #C3AA49 #9FC349

triadic

#C3AA49 #49C3AA #AA49C3

tetradic

#C3AA49 #49C36D #4962C3 #C3499F

square

#C3AA49 #49C36D #4962C3 #C3499F

split-complementary

#C3AA49 #499FC3 #6D49C3

monochromatic

#6E5E24 #9C8633 #C3AA49 #D2BF77 #E1D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C3AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA49

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA49	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c380',
    500: '#c3aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa49;
$custom-light: #d8c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA49

secondary

#99A4CE

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA49

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

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