#C3AC3E#C3AC3E

#C3AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC3E
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -4.06, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 57.41, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0163 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1295, 41.4568, 10.5501)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC3E #3E55C3

analogous

#C3693E #C3AC3E #97C33E

triadic

#C3AC3E #3EC3AC #AC3EC3

tetradic

#C3AC3E #3EC369 #3E55C3 #C33E97

square

#C3AC3E #3EC369 #3E55C3 #C33E97

split-complementary

#C3AC3E #3E97C3 #693EC3

monochromatic

#675A20 #95842E #C3AC3E #D2C06D #E0D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C3AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC3E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c479',
    500: '#c3ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac3e;
$custom-light: #d9c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC3E

secondary

#919BCC

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC3E

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

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