#C3AF3C#C3AF3C

#C3AF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF3C
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -5.75, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 59.16, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0214 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6530, 42.5901, 10.4588)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF3C #3C50C3

analogous

#C36B3C #C3AF3C #94C33C

triadic

#C3AF3C #3CC3AF #AF3CC3

tetradic

#C3AF3C #3CC36B #3C50C3 #C33C94

square

#C3AF3C #3CC36B #3C50C3 #C33C94

split-complementary

#C3AF3C #3C94C3 #6B3CC3

monochromatic

#655B1F #94852E #C3AF3C #D1C26B #E0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C3AF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF3C

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF3C	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c678',
    500: '#c3af3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af3c;
$custom-light: #d9c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF3C

secondary

#8F98CC

accent

#61DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF3C

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

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