#C3AB46#C3AB46

#C3AB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB46
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -3.06, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 53.71, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0125 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.123 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1758, 41.1720, 11.7293)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB46 #465EC3

analogous

#C36D46 #C3AB46 #9DC346

triadic

#C3AB46 #46C3AB #AB46C3

tetradic

#C3AB46 #46C36D #465EC3 #C3469D

square

#C3AB46 #46C36D #465EC3 #C3469D

split-complementary

#C3AB46 #469DC3 #6D46C3

monochromatic

#6C5E23 #9A8632 #C3AB46 #D2C074 #E1D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C3AB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB46

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37e',
    500: '#c3ab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab46;
$custom-light: #d8c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB46

secondary

#97A2CE

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB46

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

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