#C3AC40#C3AC40

#C3AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC40
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -3.95, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 56.59, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0158 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1854, 41.4792, 10.8444)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC40 #4057C3

analogous

#C36A40 #C3AC40 #98C340

triadic

#C3AC40 #40C3AC #AC40C3

tetradic

#C3AC40 #40C36A #4057C3 #C34098

square

#C3AC40 #40C36A #4057C3 #C34098

split-complementary

#C3AC40 #4098C3 #6A40C3

monochromatic

#685B21 #97842F #C3AC40 #D2C06F #E0D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C3AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC40

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC40	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47a',
    500: '#c3ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac40;
$custom-light: #d9c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC40

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC40

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

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