#C3AF34#C3AF34

#C3AF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF34
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -6.14, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 62.21, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0234 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4573, 42.5118, 9.4281)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF34 #3448C3

analogous

#C36734 #C3AF34 #8FC334

triadic

#C3AF34 #34C3AF #AF34C3

tetradic

#C3AF34 #34C367 #3448C3 #C3348F

square

#C3AF34 #34C367 #3448C3 #C3348F

split-complementary

#C3AF34 #348FC3 #6734C3

monochromatic

#62581A #938427 #C3AF34 #D5C460 #E1D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C3AF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF34

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF34	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)

#C0AA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c674',
    500: '#c3af34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af34;
$custom-light: #d9c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF34

secondary

#8790CC

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF34

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

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