#C3AD38#C3AD38

#C3AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD38
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -4.90, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.10, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0194 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1649, 41.7766, 9.7940)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD38 #384EC3

analogous

#C36838 #C3AD38 #93C338

triadic

#C3AD38 #38C3AD #AD38C3

tetradic

#C3AD38 #38C368 #384EC3 #C33893

square

#C3AD38 #38C368 #384EC3 #C33893

split-complementary

#C3AD38 #3893C3 #6838C3

monochromatic

#64591D #93832A #C3AD38 #D3C265 #E1D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C3AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD38

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD38	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c576',
    500: '#c3ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad38;
$custom-light: #d9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD38

secondary

#8B95CC

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD38

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

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