#C3AF26#C3AF26

#C3AF26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF26
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -6.69, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 66.80, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0262 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1874, 42.4039, 8.0067)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF26 #263AC3

analogous

#C36126 #C3AF26 #88C326

triadic

#C3AF26 #26C3AF #AF26C3

tetradic

#C3AF26 #26C361 #263AC3 #C32688

square

#C3AF26 #26C361 #263AC3 #C32688

split-complementary

#C3AF26 #2688C3 #6126C3

monochromatic

#5D5312 #90811C #C3AF26 #DCC94A #E6D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C3AF26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C3AF26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF26

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF26	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c66d',
    500: '#c3af26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af26;
$custom-light: #d9c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF26

secondary

#7782CE

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF26

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

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