#C3AC49#C3AC49

#C3AC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC49
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -3.39, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 52.71, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0131 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4625, 41.5900, 12.3038)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC49 #4960C3

analogous

#C36F49 #C3AC49 #9DC349

triadic

#C3AC49 #49C3AC #AC49C3

tetradic

#C3AC49 #49C36F #4960C3 #C3499D

square

#C3AC49 #49C36F #4960C3 #C3499D

split-complementary

#C3AC49 #499DC3 #6F49C3

monochromatic

#6E6024 #9C8833 #C3AC49 #D2C177 #E1D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C3AC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC49

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC49	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c480',
    500: '#c3ac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac49;
$custom-light: #d8c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC49

secondary

#99A3CE

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC49

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

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