#C3AB59#C3AB59

#C3AB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB59
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -1.66, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 44.94, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0062 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.106 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8732, 41.4510, 15.4025)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB59 #5971C3

analogous

#C37659 #C3AB59 #A6C359

triadic

#C3AB59 #59C3AB #AB59C3

tetradic

#C3AB59 #59C376 #5971C3 #C359A6

square

#C3AB59 #59C376 #5971C3 #C359A6

split-complementary

#C3AB59 #59A6C3 #7659C3

monochromatic

#77662B #A48C3B #C3AB59 #D3C286 #E3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C3AB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB59

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB59	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c38a',
    500: '#c3ab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab59;
$custom-light: #d7c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7451,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB59

secondary

#A6B0D2

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB59

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

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