#C3AC4E#C3AC4E

#C3AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC4E
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -3.04, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 50.45, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0115 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6350, 41.6590, 13.2122)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC4E #4E65C3

analogous

#C3714E #C3AC4E #9FC34E

triadic

#C3AC4E #4EC3AC #AC4EC3

tetradic

#C3AC4E #4EC371 #4E65C3 #C34E9F

square

#C3AC4E #4EC371 #4E65C3 #C34E9F

split-complementary

#C3AC4E #4E9FC3 #714EC3

monochromatic

#706226 #9E8A36 #C3AC4E #D2C17C #E2D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C3AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC4E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC4E	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c483',
    500: '#c3ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac4e;
$custom-light: #d8c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74586,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC4E

secondary

#9DA7CF

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC4E

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

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