#C3AE35#C3AE35

#C3AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE35
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -5.57, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 61.53, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0216 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2862, 42.1331, 9.4833)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE35 #354AC3

analogous

#C36735 #C3AE35 #91C335

triadic

#C3AE35 #35C3AE #AE35C3

tetradic

#C3AE35 #35C367 #354AC3 #C33591

square

#C3AE35 #35C367 #354AC3 #C33591

split-complementary

#C3AE35 #3591C3 #6735C3

monochromatic

#63581B #938328 #C3AE35 #D4C361 #E1D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C3AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C3AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE35

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE35	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c574',
    500: '#c3ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae35;
$custom-light: #d9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE35

secondary

#8892CC

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE35

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

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