#C3AC41#C3AC41

#C3AC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC41
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -3.89, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 56.17, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0155 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.2141, 41.4907, 10.9956)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC41 #4158C3

analogous

#C36B41 #C3AC41 #99C341

triadic

#C3AC41 #41C3AC #AC41C3

tetradic

#C3AC41 #41C36B #4158C3 #C34199

square

#C3AC41 #41C36B #4158C3 #C34199

split-complementary

#C3AC41 #4199C3 #6B41C3

monochromatic

#695C21 #978530 #C3AC41 #D2C070 #E0D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C3AC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC41

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC41	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c47b',
    500: '#c3ac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac41;
$custom-light: #d8c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC41

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC41

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

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