#C3AB34#C3AB34

#C3AB34 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 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB34
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -4.04, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 61.01, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0174 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6903, 40.9778, 9.1724)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB34 #344CC3

analogous

#C36334 #C3AB34 #93C334

triadic

#C3AB34 #34C3AB #AB34C3

tetradic

#C3AB34 #34C363 #344CC3 #C33493

square

#C3AB34 #34C363 #344CC3 #C33493

split-complementary

#C3AB34 #3493C3 #6334C3

monochromatic

#62561A #938127 #C3AB34 #D5C160 #E1D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C3AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB34

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB34	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c374',
    500: '#c3ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab34;
$custom-light: #d9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB34

secondary

#8792CC

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB34

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

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