#C3AE66#C3AE66

#C3AE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.095 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AE66
RGB	rgb(195, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 47.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -2.09, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 39.60, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.006 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.095 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0412, 42.8351, 18.7266)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AE66 #667BC3

analogous

#C37F66 #C3AE66 #A9C366

triadic

#C3AE66 #66C3AE #AE66C3

tetradic

#C3AE66 #66C37F #667BC3 #C366A9

square

#C3AE66 #66C37F #667BC3 #C366A9

split-complementary

#C3AE66 #66A9C3 #7F66C3

monochromatic

#7D6C31 #A99242 #C3AE66 #D4C592 #E5DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C3AE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AE66

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AE66	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.095 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c693',
    500: '#c3ae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ae66;
$custom-light: #d7c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75315,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AE66

secondary

#B0B8D5

accent

#71D354

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AE66

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

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