#C3AB49#C3AB49

#C3AB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB49
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -2.86, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 52.39, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0116 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.12 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2729, 41.2108, 12.2406)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB49 #4961C3

analogous

#C36E49 #C3AB49 #9EC349

triadic

#C3AB49 #49C3AB #AB49C3

tetradic

#C3AB49 #49C36E #4961C3 #C3499E

square

#C3AB49 #49C36E #4961C3 #C3499E

split-complementary

#C3AB49 #499EC3 #6E49C3

monochromatic

#6E5F24 #9C8733 #C3AB49 #D2C077 #E1D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C3AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB49

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB49	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c380',
    500: '#c3ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab49;
$custom-light: #d8c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB49

secondary

#99A4CE

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB49

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

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