#C3AC38#C3AC38

#C3AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC38
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -4.38, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 59.80, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0179 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9739, 41.3946, 9.7304)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC38 #384FC3

analogous

#C36738 #C3AC38 #95C338

triadic

#C3AC38 #38C3AC #AC38C3

tetradic

#C3AC38 #38C367 #384FC3 #C33895

square

#C3AC38 #38C367 #384FC3 #C33895

split-complementary

#C3AC38 #3895C3 #6738C3

monochromatic

#64581D #93822A #C3AC38 #D3C165 #E1D495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C3AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC38

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c476',
    500: '#c3ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac38;
$custom-light: #d9c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74381,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC38

secondary

#8B96CC

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC38

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

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