#C3AC44#C3AC44

#C3AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC44
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -3.71, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 54.89, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0146 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3033, 41.5264, 11.4655)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC44 #445BC3

analogous

#C36D44 #C3AC44 #9BC344

triadic

#C3AC44 #44C3AC #AC44C3

tetradic

#C3AC44 #44C36D #445BC3 #C3449B

square

#C3AC44 #44C36D #445BC3 #C3449B

split-complementary

#C3AC44 #449BC3 #6D44C3

monochromatic

#6A5D22 #998631 #C3AC44 #D2C172 #E1D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C3AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC44

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC44	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c47d',
    500: '#c3ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac44;
$custom-light: #d8c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC44

secondary

#95A0CD

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC44

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

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