#C3AD3D#C3AD3D

#C3AD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3AD3D
RGBrgb(195, 173, 61)
HSLhsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(50, 69%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.75, -4.64, 57.94)
CIE-LCHlch(70.75, 58.13, 94.58°)
OKLaboklab(74.63% -0.0181 0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(74.63% 0.131 97.9)
XYZxyz(38.2933, 41.8280, 10.4706)
Luminance0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3AD3D #3D53C3
analogous
#C36A3D #C3AD3D #96C33D
triadic
#C3AD3D #3DC3AD #AD3DC3
tetradic
#C3AD3D #3DC36A #3D53C3 #C33D96
square
#C3AD3D #3DC36A #3D53C3 #C33D96
split-complementary
#C3AD3D #3D96C3 #6A3DC3
monochromatic
#665A20 #95842E #C3AD3D #D1C16C #E0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#C3AD3D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37
#C3AD3D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD3D
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3AD3D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3AD3D1.002.249.379.37
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3721.001.001.00
##0000009.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA92E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B043
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A096
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3ad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 97.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c3ad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3ad3d;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3ad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3AD3D
secondary
#909ACC
accent
#63DC4C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD3D

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

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#C3AD3D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva