#C3AE34#C3AE34

#C3AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE34
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -5.62, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 61.90, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0219 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2634, 42.1240, 9.3634)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE34 #3449C3

analogous

#C36634 #C3AE34 #90C334

triadic

#C3AE34 #34C3AE #AE34C3

tetradic

#C3AE34 #34C366 #3449C3 #C33490

square

#C3AE34 #34C366 #3449C3 #C33490

split-complementary

#C3AE34 #3490C3 #6634C3

monochromatic

#62581A #938327 #C3AE34 #D5C360 #E1D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C3AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C3AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE34

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE34	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c574',
    500: '#c3ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae34;
$custom-light: #d9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74773,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE34

secondary

#8791CC

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE34

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

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