#C3AD36#C3AD36

#C3AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD36
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -5.00, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 60.86, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0199 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.136 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1170, 41.7575, 9.5416)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD36 #364CC3

analogous

#C36736 #C3AD36 #93C336

triadic

#C3AD36 #36C3AD #AD36C3

tetradic

#C3AD36 #36C367 #364CC3 #C33693

square

#C3AD36 #36C367 #364CC3 #C33693

split-complementary

#C3AD36 #3693C3 #6736C3

monochromatic

#63581B #938229 #C3AD36 #D4C263 #E1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C3AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD36

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD36	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)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c575',
    500: '#c3ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad36;
$custom-light: #d9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD36

secondary

#8993CC

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD36

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

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