#C3AF35#C3AF35

#C3AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF35
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -6.10, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 61.84, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0231 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4801, 42.5209, 9.5480)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF35 #3549C3

analogous

#C36835 #C3AF35 #90C335

triadic

#C3AF35 #35C3AF #AF35C3

tetradic

#C3AF35 #35C368 #3549C3 #C33590

square

#C3AF35 #35C368 #3549C3 #C33590

split-complementary

#C3AF35 #3590C3 #6835C3

monochromatic

#63591B #938428 #C3AF35 #D4C461 #E1D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C3AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF35

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF35	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)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c675',
    500: '#c3af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af35;
$custom-light: #d9c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF35

secondary

#8891CC

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF35

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

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