#C3AB36#C3AB36

#C3AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB36
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -3.95, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 60.26, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0169 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7363, 40.9962, 9.4147)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB36 #364EC3

analogous

#C36536 #C3AB36 #95C336

triadic

#C3AB36 #36C3AB #AB36C3

tetradic

#C3AB36 #36C365 #364EC3 #C33695

square

#C3AB36 #36C365 #364EC3 #C33695

split-complementary

#C3AB36 #3695C3 #6536C3

monochromatic

#63571B #938129 #C3AB36 #D4C063 #E1D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C3AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB36

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c375',
    500: '#c3ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab36;
$custom-light: #d9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74157,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB36

secondary

#8994CC

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB36

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

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