#C3AF38#C3AF38

#C3AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF38
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -5.95, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 60.72, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0224 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5513, 42.5494, 9.9228)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF38 #384CC3

analogous

#C36A38 #C3AF38 #92C338

triadic

#C3AF38 #38C3AF #AF38C3

tetradic

#C3AF38 #38C36A #384CC3 #C33892

square

#C3AF38 #38C36A #384CC3 #C33892

split-complementary

#C3AF38 #3892C3 #6A38C3

monochromatic

#645A1D #93842A #C3AF38 #D3C365 #E1D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C3AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF38

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF38	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c676',
    500: '#c3af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af38;
$custom-light: #d9c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF38

secondary

#8B94CC

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF38

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

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