#C3AC37#C3AC37

#C3AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC37
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -4.43, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 60.18, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0182 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9496, 41.3849, 9.6029)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC37 #374EC3

analogous

#C36637 #C3AC37 #94C337

triadic

#C3AC37 #37C3AC #AC37C3

tetradic

#C3AC37 #37C366 #374EC3 #C33794

square

#C3AC37 #37C366 #374EC3 #C33794

split-complementary

#C3AC37 #3794C3 #6637C3

monochromatic

#64581C #93822A #C3AC37 #D3C164 #E1D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C3AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC37

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC37	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c475',
    500: '#c3ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac37;
$custom-light: #d9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC37

secondary

#8A95CC

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC37

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

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