#C3AC53#C3AC53

#C3AC53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC53
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -2.67, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 48.13, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0099 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.112 95)
XYZ	xyz(38.8211, 41.7335, 14.1925)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC53 #536AC3

analogous

#C37453 #C3AC53 #A2C353

triadic

#C3AC53 #53C3AC #AC53C3

tetradic

#C3AC53 #53C374 #536AC3 #C353A2

square

#C3AC53 #53C374 #536AC3 #C353A2

split-complementary

#C3AC53 #53A2C3 #7453C3

monochromatic

#736428 #A18B38 #C3AC53 #D3C280 #E3D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C3AC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC53

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC53	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c486',
    500: '#c3ac53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac53;
$custom-light: #d8c486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74643,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC53

secondary

#A1ABD1

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC53

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

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