#C3AF3A#C3AF3A

#C3AF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF3A
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -5.85, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 59.95, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0219 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6012, 42.5694, 10.1856)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF3A #3A4EC3

analogous

#C36B3A #C3AF3A #93C33A

triadic

#C3AF3A #3AC3AF #AF3AC3

tetradic

#C3AF3A #3AC36B #3A4EC3 #C33A93

square

#C3AF3A #3AC36B #3A4EC3 #C33A93

split-complementary

#C3AF3A #3A93C3 #6B3AC3

monochromatic

#655A1E #94852C #C3AF3A #D2C368 #E0D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C3AF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF3A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF3A	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)

#C0AA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c677',
    500: '#c3af3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af3a;
$custom-light: #d9c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF3A

secondary

#8D96CC

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF3A

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

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