#C3AC3B#C3AC3B

#C3AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC3B
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -4.22, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 58.62, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0171 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0494, 41.4248, 10.1284)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC3B #3B52C3

analogous

#C3683B #C3AC3B #96C33B

triadic

#C3AC3B #3BC3AC #AC3BC3

tetradic

#C3AC3B #3BC368 #3B52C3 #C33B96

square

#C3AC3B #3BC368 #3B52C3 #C33B96

split-complementary

#C3AC3B #3B96C3 #683BC3

monochromatic

#65591F #94832D #C3AC3B #D2C069 #E0D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C3AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC3B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c477',
    500: '#c3ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac3b;
$custom-light: #d9c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC3B

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC3B

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

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