#C3AB51#C3AB51

#C3AB51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB51
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -2.29, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 48.74, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.009 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.113 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5554, 41.3238, 13.7284)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB51 #5169C3

analogous

#C37251 #C3AB51 #A2C351

triadic

#C3AB51 #51C3AB #AB51C3

tetradic

#C3AB51 #51C372 #5169C3 #C351A2

square

#C3AB51 #51C372 #5169C3 #C351A2

split-complementary

#C3AB51 #51A2C3 #7251C3

monochromatic

#726227 #A08A37 #C3AB51 #D3C17F #E2D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C3AB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB51

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB51	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c385',
    500: '#c3ab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab51;
$custom-light: #d8c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74411,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB51

secondary

#A0AAD0

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB51

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

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