#C3AC61#C3AC61

#C3AC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AC61
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 50.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -1.49, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 41.38, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0048 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.099 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4172, 41.9719, 17.3321)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AC61 #6178C3

analogous

#C37B61 #C3AC61 #A9C361

triadic

#C3AC61 #61C3AC #AC61C3

tetradic

#C3AC61 #61C37B #6178C3 #C361A9

square

#C3AC61 #61C37B #6178C3 #C361A9

split-complementary

#C3AC61 #61A9C3 #7B61C3

monochromatic

#7B692F #A78F40 #C3AC61 #D4C38D #E5DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C3AC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AC61

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AC61	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ac61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c48f',
    500: '#c3ac61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ac61;
$custom-light: #d7c48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ac61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AC61

secondary

#ACB5D4

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AC61

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

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