#C3AA52#C3AA52

#C3AA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AA52
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -1.69, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 47.94, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0071 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.112 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4050, 40.9626, 13.8647)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AA52 #526BC3

analogous

#C37252 #C3AA52 #A3C352

triadic

#C3AA52 #52C3AA #AA52C3

tetradic

#C3AA52 #52C372 #526BC3 #C352A3

square

#C3AA52 #52C372 #526BC3 #C352A3

split-complementary

#C3AA52 #52A3C3 #7252C3

monochromatic

#736228 #A08938 #C3AA52 #D3C07F #E3D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C3AA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AA52

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AA52	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c385',
    500: '#c3aa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aa52;
$custom-light: #d8c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AA52

secondary

#A0ABD0

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AA52

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

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