#C3AE52#C3AE52

#C3AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE52
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -3.81, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 49.27, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0132 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.115 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1663, 42.4851, 14.1184)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE52 #5267C3

analogous

#C37652 #C3AE52 #9FC352

triadic

#C3AE52 #52C3AE #AE52C3

tetradic

#C3AE52 #52C376 #5267C3 #C3529F

square

#C3AE52 #52C376 #5267C3 #C3529F

split-complementary

#C3AE52 #529FC3 #7652C3

monochromatic

#736528 #A08D38 #C3AE52 #D3C37F #E3D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C3AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE52

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE52	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c586',
    500: '#c3ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae52;
$custom-light: #d8c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE52

secondary

#A0A9D0

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE52

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

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