#C3AB3B#C3AB3B

#C3AB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB3B
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -3.70, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 58.32, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0156 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8598, 41.0456, 10.0652)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB3B #3B53C3

analogous

#C3673B #C3AB3B #97C33B

triadic

#C3AB3B #3BC3AB #AB3BC3

tetradic

#C3AB3B #3BC367 #3B53C3 #C33B97

square

#C3AB3B #3BC367 #3B53C3 #C33B97

split-complementary

#C3AB3B #3B97C3 #673BC3

monochromatic

#65591F #94822D #C3AB3B #D2BF69 #E0D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C3AB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB3B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB3B	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c377',
    500: '#c3ab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab3b;
$custom-light: #d9c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74195,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB3B

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB3B

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

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