#C3AC3C#C3AC3C

#C3AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC3C
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -4.17, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 58.22, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0169 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0756, 41.4353, 10.2663)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC3C #3C53C3

analogous

#C3693C #C3AC3C #96C33C

triadic

#C3AC3C #3CC3AC #AC3CC3

tetradic

#C3AC3C #3CC369 #3C53C3 #C33C96

square

#C3AC3C #3CC369 #3C53C3 #C33C96

split-complementary

#C3AC3C #3C96C3 #693CC3

monochromatic

#65591F #94832E #C3AC3C #D1C06B #E0D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C3AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC3C

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC3C	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c478',
    500: '#c3ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac3c;
$custom-light: #d9c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC3C

secondary

#8F99CC

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC3C

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

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