#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
RGBrgb(195, 173, 57)
HSLhsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.72, -4.85, 59.52)
CIE-LCHlch(70.72, 59.71, 94.66°)
OKLaboklab(74.6% -0.0192 0.1325)
OKLCHoklch(74.6% 0.134 98.2)
XYZxyz(38.1896, 41.7865, 9.9241)
Luminance0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3AD391.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

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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#C3AD39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva