#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
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -4.64, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 58.13, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0181 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2933, 41.8280, 10.4706)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3AD3D	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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