#C3AF36#C3AF36

#C3AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF36
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -6.05, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 61.47, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5033, 42.5302, 9.6704)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF36 #364AC3

analogous

#C36836 #C3AF36 #91C336

triadic

#C3AF36 #36C3AF #AF36C3

tetradic

#C3AF36 #36C368 #364AC3 #C33691

square

#C3AF36 #36C368 #364AC3 #C33691

split-complementary

#C3AF36 #3691C3 #6836C3

monochromatic

#63591B #938429 #C3AF36 #D4C463 #E1D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C3AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF36

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF36	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c675',
    500: '#c3af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af36;
$custom-light: #d9c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74998,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF36

secondary

#8992CC

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF36

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

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