#C3AC35#C3AC35

#C3AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC35
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -4.52, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 60.93, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0187 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9027, 41.3661, 9.3555)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC35 #354CC3

analogous

#C36535 #C3AC35 #93C335

triadic

#C3AC35 #35C3AC #AC35C3

tetradic

#C3AC35 #35C365 #354CC3 #C33593

square

#C3AC35 #35C365 #354CC3 #C33593

split-complementary

#C3AC35 #3593C3 #6535C3

monochromatic

#63571B #938228 #C3AC35 #D4C161 #E1D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C3AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC35

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC35	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c474',
    500: '#c3ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac35;
$custom-light: #d9c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74359,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC35

secondary

#8893CC

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC35

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

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