#C3AC33#C3AC33

#C3AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC33
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -4.61, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 61.67, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0191 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.8576, 41.3481, 9.1182)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC33 #334AC3

analogous

#C36433 #C3AC33 #92C333

triadic

#C3AC33 #33C3AC #AC33C3

tetradic

#C3AC33 #33C364 #334AC3 #C33392

square

#C3AC33 #33C364 #334AC3 #C33392

split-complementary

#C3AC33 #3392C3 #6433C3

monochromatic

#62561A #928126 #C3AC33 #D5C25E #E2D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C3AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC33

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC33	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c473',
    500: '#c3ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac33;
$custom-light: #d9c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC33

secondary

#8691CC

accent

#5FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC33

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

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