#C3AC46#C3AC46

#C3AC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC46
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -3.59, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 54.03, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.014 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3654, 41.5512, 11.7925)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC46 #465DC3

analogous

#C36E46 #C3AC46 #9CC346

triadic

#C3AC46 #46C3AC #AC46C3

tetradic

#C3AC46 #46C36E #465DC3 #C3469C

square

#C3AC46 #46C36E #465DC3 #C3469C

split-complementary

#C3AC46 #469CC3 #6E46C3

monochromatic

#6C5E23 #9A8732 #C3AC46 #D2C174 #E1D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C3AC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C3AC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC46

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c47e',
    500: '#c3ac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac46;
$custom-light: #d8c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC46

secondary

#97A1CE

accent

#67DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC46

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

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