#C3AC36#C3AC36

#C3AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC36
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -4.48, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 60.56, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0184 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9259, 41.3754, 9.4779)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC36 #364DC3

analogous

#C36636 #C3AC36 #94C336

triadic

#C3AC36 #36C3AC #AC36C3

tetradic

#C3AC36 #36C366 #364DC3 #C33694

square

#C3AC36 #36C366 #364DC3 #C33694

split-complementary

#C3AC36 #3694C3 #6636C3

monochromatic

#63571B #938229 #C3AC36 #D4C163 #E1D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C3AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC36

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c475',
    500: '#c3ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac36;
$custom-light: #d9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC36

secondary

#8994CC

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC36

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

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