#C3AD41#C3AD41

#C3AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD41
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -4.42, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 56.48, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.017 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4051, 41.8727, 11.0593)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD41 #4157C3

analogous

#C36C41 #C3AD41 #98C341

triadic

#C3AD41 #41C3AD #AD41C3

tetradic

#C3AD41 #41C36C #4157C3 #C34198

square

#C3AD41 #41C36C #4157C3 #C34198

split-complementary

#C3AD41 #4198C3 #6C41C3

monochromatic

#695C21 #978630 #C3AD41 #D2C170 #E0D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C3AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD41

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57b',
    500: '#c3ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad41;
$custom-light: #d8c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD41

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#65DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD41

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

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