#C3AB40#C3AB40

#C3AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB40
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -3.42, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 56.28, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0143 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9958, 41.1000, 10.7812)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB40 #4058C3

analogous

#C36940 #C3AB40 #99C340

triadic

#C3AB40 #40C3AB #AB40C3

tetradic

#C3AB40 #40C369 #4058C3 #C34099

square

#C3AB40 #40C369 #4058C3 #C34099

split-complementary

#C3AB40 #4099C3 #6940C3

monochromatic

#685B21 #97842F #C3AB40 #D2BF6F #E0D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C3AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB40

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB40	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37a',
    500: '#c3ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab40;
$custom-light: #d9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB40

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB40

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

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