#C3AE37#C3AE37

#C3AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE37
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -5.48, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 60.79, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0212 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.3331, 42.1519, 9.7307)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE37 #374CC3

analogous

#C36837 #C3AE37 #92C337

triadic

#C3AE37 #37C3AE #AE37C3

tetradic

#C3AE37 #37C368 #374CC3 #C33792

square

#C3AE37 #37C368 #374CC3 #C33792

split-complementary

#C3AE37 #3792C3 #6837C3

monochromatic

#64591C #93832A #C3AE37 #D3C364 #E1D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C3AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C3AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE37

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c575',
    500: '#c3ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae37;
$custom-light: #d9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE37

secondary

#8A94CC

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE37

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

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