#C3AD37#C3AD37

#C3AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3AD37
RGBrgb(195, 173, 55)
HSLhsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.71, -4.95, 60.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.71, 60.48, 94.70°)
OKLaboklab(74.58% -0.0197 0.1337)
OKLCHoklch(74.58% 0.135 98.4)
XYZxyz(38.1407, 41.7670, 9.6665)
Luminance0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3AD37 #374DC3
analogous
#C36737 #C3AD37 #93C337
triadic
#C3AD37 #37C3AD #AD37C3
tetradic
#C3AD37 #37C367 #374DC3 #C33793
square
#C3AD37 #37C367 #374DC3 #C33793
split-complementary
#C3AD37 #3793C3 #6737C3
monochromatic
#64581C #93832A #C3AD37 #D3C264 #E1D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#C3AD37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35
#C3AD37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD37
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3AD37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3AD371.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B03E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A096
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c575',
    500: '#c3ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3ad37;
$custom-light: #d9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3AD37
secondary
#8A94CC
accent
#60DF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD37

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#C3AD37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva