#C3AC39#C3AC39

#C3AC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC39
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -4.33, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 59.41, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0177 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9986, 41.4045, 9.8605)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC39 #3950C3

analogous

#C36739 #C3AC39 #95C339

triadic

#C3AC39 #39C3AC #AC39C3

tetradic

#C3AC39 #39C367 #3950C3 #C33995

square

#C3AC39 #39C367 #3950C3 #C33995

split-complementary

#C3AC39 #3995C3 #6739C3

monochromatic

#64581D #94822B #C3AC39 #D2C167 #E0D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C3AC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC39

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c476',
    500: '#c3ac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac39;
$custom-light: #d9c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC39

secondary

#8C97CC

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC39

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

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