#C3AD34#C3AD34

#C3AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD34
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -5.10, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 61.60, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0204 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0709, 41.7391, 9.2993)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD34 #344AC3

analogous

#C36534 #C3AD34 #91C334

triadic

#C3AD34 #34C3AD #AD34C3

tetradic

#C3AD34 #34C365 #344AC3 #C33491

square

#C3AD34 #34C365 #344AC3 #C33491

split-complementary

#C3AD34 #3491C3 #6534C3

monochromatic

#62571A #938227 #C3AD34 #D5C360 #E1D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C3AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD34

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD34	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)

#BEA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c574',
    500: '#c3ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad34;
$custom-light: #d9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD34

secondary

#8791CC

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD34

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

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