#C3AD39#C3AD39

#C3AD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD39
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -4.85, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 59.71, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0192 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.134 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1896, 41.7865, 9.9241)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD39 #394FC3

analogous

#C36839 #C3AD39 #94C339

triadic

#C3AD39 #39C3AD #AD39C3

tetradic

#C3AD39 #39C368 #394FC3 #C33994

square

#C3AD39 #39C368 #394FC3 #C33994

split-complementary

#C3AD39 #3994C3 #6839C3

monochromatic

#64591D #94832B #C3AD39 #D2C167 #E0D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C3AD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD39

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD39	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c576',
    500: '#c3ad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad39;
$custom-light: #d9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD39

secondary

#8C96CC

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD39

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

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