#C3AD49#C3AD49

#C3AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AD49
RGB	rgb(195, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -3.92, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 53.03, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0146 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6535, 41.9721, 12.3674)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AD49 #495FC3

analogous

#C37049 #C3AD49 #9CC349

triadic

#C3AD49 #49C3AD #AD49C3

tetradic

#C3AD49 #49C370 #495FC3 #C3499C

square

#C3AD49 #49C370 #495FC3 #C3499C

split-complementary

#C3AD49 #499CC3 #7049C3

monochromatic

#6E6024 #9C8933 #C3AD49 #D2C277 #E1D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C3AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C3AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AD49

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AD49	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c580',
    500: '#c3ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ad49;
$custom-light: #d8c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AD49

secondary

#99A3CE

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AD49

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

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