#C3AC34#C3AC34

#C3AC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC34
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -4.57, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 61.30, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0189 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.8799, 41.3570, 9.2356)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC34 #344BC3

analogous

#C36434 #C3AC34 #92C334

triadic

#C3AC34 #34C3AC #AC34C3

tetradic

#C3AC34 #34C364 #344BC3 #C33492

square

#C3AC34 #34C364 #344BC3 #C33492

split-complementary

#C3AC34 #3492C3 #6434C3

monochromatic

#62571A #938127 #C3AC34 #D5C260 #E1D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C3AC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C3AC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC34

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC34	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)

#BDA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c474',
    500: '#c3ac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac34;
$custom-light: #d9c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC34

secondary

#8792CC

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC34

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

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