#C3AB45#C3AB45

#C3AB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB45
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -3.12, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 54.15, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0128 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(38.1445, 41.1595, 11.5645)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB45 #455DC3

analogous

#C36C45 #C3AB45 #9CC345

triadic

#C3AB45 #45C3AB #AB45C3

tetradic

#C3AB45 #45C36C #455DC3 #C3459C

square

#C3AB45 #45C36C #455DC3 #C3459C

split-complementary

#C3AB45 #459CC3 #6C45C3

monochromatic

#6B5D23 #998631 #C3AB45 #D2C073 #E1D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C3AB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB45

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB45	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37d',
    500: '#c3ab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab45;
$custom-light: #d8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB45

secondary

#96A1CE

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB45

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

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