#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
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -5.43, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 60.41, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0209 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3574, 42.1616, 9.8582)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3AE38	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)

#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

Preview with #C3AE38

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

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