#C3AA4E#C3AA4E

#C3AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA4E
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -1.98, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 49.80, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0085 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.115 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2572, 40.9035, 13.0863)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA4E #4E67C3

analogous

#C36F4E #C3AA4E #A2C34E

triadic

#C3AA4E #4EC3AA #AA4EC3

tetradic

#C3AA4E #4EC36F #4E67C3 #C34EA2

square

#C3AA4E #4EC36F #4E67C3 #C34EA2

split-complementary

#C3AA4E #4EA2C3 #6F4EC3

monochromatic

#706126 #9E8836 #C3AA4E #D2C07C #E2D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C3AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA4E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA4E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c383',
    500: '#c3aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa4e;
$custom-light: #d8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA4E

secondary

#9DA8CF

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA4E

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

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