#C3AC3F#C3AC3F

#C3AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC3F
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -4.01, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 57.00, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0161 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1572, 41.4679, 10.6959)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC3F #3F56C3

analogous

#C36A3F #C3AC3F #98C33F

triadic

#C3AC3F #3FC3AC #AC3FC3

tetradic

#C3AC3F #3FC36A #3F56C3 #C33F98

square

#C3AC3F #3FC36A #3F56C3 #C33F98

split-complementary

#C3AC3F #3F98C3 #6A3FC3

monochromatic

#675B20 #96842F #C3AC3F #D2C06E #E0D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C3AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC3F

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47a',
    500: '#c3ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac3f;
$custom-light: #d9c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC3F

secondary

#929CCC

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC3F

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

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