#C3AE4E#C3AE4E

#C3AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE4E
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -4.10, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 51.11, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0146 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0185, 42.4260, 13.3400)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE4E #4E63C3

analogous

#C3734E #C3AE4E #9DC34E

triadic

#C3AE4E #4EC3AE #AE4EC3

tetradic

#C3AE4E #4EC373 #4E63C3 #C34E9D

square

#C3AE4E #4EC373 #4E63C3 #C34E9D

split-complementary

#C3AE4E #4E9DC3 #734EC3

monochromatic

#706326 #9E8B36 #C3AE4E #D2C37C #E2D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C3AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE4E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE4E	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c583',
    500: '#c3ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae4e;
$custom-light: #d8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE4E

secondary

#9DA6CF

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE4E

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

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