#C3AE38#C3AE38

#C3AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3AE38
RGBrgb(195, 174, 56)
HSLhsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.98, -5.43, 60.16)
CIE-LCHlch(70.98, 60.41, 95.16°)
OKLaboklab(74.8% -0.0209 0.1337)
OKLCHoklch(74.8% 0.135 98.9)
XYZxyz(38.3574, 42.1616, 9.8582)
Luminance0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3AE38 #384DC3
analogous
#C36938 #C3AE38 #93C338
triadic
#C3AE38 #38C3AE #AE38C3
tetradic
#C3AE38 #38C369 #384DC3 #C33893
square
#C3AE38 #38C369 #384DC3 #C33893
split-complementary
#C3AE38 #3893C3 #6938C3
monochromatic
#64591D #93842A #C3AE38 #D3C265 #E1D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#C3AE38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43
#C3AE38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE38
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3AE38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3AE381.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA926
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B13F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A197
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 98.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c576',
    500: '#c3ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3ae38;
$custom-light: #d9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3AE38
secondary
#8B95CC
accent
#60DF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#C3AE38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva