#C3AE3D#C3AE3D

#C3AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE3D
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -5.17, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 58.44, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0196 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4858, 42.2130, 10.5347)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE3D #3D52C3

analogous

#C36B3D #C3AE3D #95C33D

triadic

#C3AE3D #3DC3AE #AE3DC3

tetradic

#C3AE3D #3DC36B #3D52C3 #C33D95

square

#C3AE3D #3DC36B #3D52C3 #C33D95

split-complementary

#C3AE3D #3D95C3 #6B3DC3

monochromatic

#665B20 #95852E #C3AE3D #D1C26C #E0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C3AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C3AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE3D

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE3D	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c3ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae3d;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE3D

secondary

#9099CC

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE3D

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

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