#C3AB38#C3AB38

#C3AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB38
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -3.85, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 59.50, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0164 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7843, 41.0154, 9.6672)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB38 #3850C3

analogous

#C36638 #C3AB38 #96C338

triadic

#C3AB38 #38C3AB #AB38C3

tetradic

#C3AB38 #38C366 #3850C3 #C33896

square

#C3AB38 #38C366 #3850C3 #C33896

split-complementary

#C3AB38 #3896C3 #6638C3

monochromatic

#64581D #93812A #C3AB38 #D3C065 #E1D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C3AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB38

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB38	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c376',
    500: '#c3ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab38;
$custom-light: #d9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB38

secondary

#8B96CC

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB38

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

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