#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
RGBrgb(195, 173, 56)
HSLhsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.72, -4.90, 59.90)
CIE-LCHlch(70.72, 60.10, 94.68°)
OKLaboklab(74.59% -0.0194 0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(74.59% 0.135 98.3)
XYZxyz(38.1649, 41.7766, 9.7940)
Luminance0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3AD381.002.249.359.35
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

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

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#C3AD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva