#C3AB41#C3AB41

#C3AB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB41
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -3.36, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 55.86, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.014 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0245, 41.1115, 10.9324)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB41 #4159C3

analogous

#C36A41 #C3AB41 #9AC341

triadic

#C3AB41 #41C3AB #AB41C3

tetradic

#C3AB41 #41C36A #4159C3 #C3419A

square

#C3AB41 #41C36A #4159C3 #C3419A

split-complementary

#C3AB41 #419AC3 #6A41C3

monochromatic

#695B21 #978430 #C3AB41 #D2C070 #E0D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C3AB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C3AB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB41

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB41	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)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37b',
    500: '#c3ab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab41;
$custom-light: #d9c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB41

secondary

#939ECD

accent

#67DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB41

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

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