#C3AD3E#C3AD3E

#C3AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD3E
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -4.59, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 57.72, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0179 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3205, 41.8389, 10.6137)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD3E #3E54C3

analogous

#C36A3E #C3AD3E #97C33E

triadic

#C3AD3E #3EC3AD #AD3EC3

tetradic

#C3AD3E #3EC36A #3E54C3 #C33E97

square

#C3AD3E #3EC36A #3E54C3 #C33E97

split-complementary

#C3AD3E #3E97C3 #6A3EC3

monochromatic

#675B20 #95842E #C3AD3E #D2C16D #E0D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C3AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD3E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c3ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad3e;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD3E

secondary

#919BCC

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD3E

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

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