#C3AB33#C3AB33

#C3AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB33
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -4.09, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 61.38, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0176 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6680, 40.9689, 9.0550)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB33 #334BC3

analogous

#C36333 #C3AB33 #93C333

triadic

#C3AB33 #33C3AB #AB33C3

tetradic

#C3AB33 #33C363 #334BC3 #C33393

square

#C3AB33 #33C363 #334BC3 #C33393

split-complementary

#C3AB33 #3393C3 #6333C3

monochromatic

#62561A #928026 #C3AB33 #D5C15E #E2D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C3AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB33

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c373',
    500: '#c3ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab33;
$custom-light: #d9c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB33

secondary

#8691CC

accent

#60E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB33

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

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