#C3AF3D#C3AF3D

#C3AF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF3D
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -5.70, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 58.76, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0211 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6797, 42.6008, 10.5993)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF3D #3D51C3

analogous

#C36C3D #C3AF3D #94C33D

triadic

#C3AF3D #3DC3AF #AF3DC3

tetradic

#C3AF3D #3DC36C #3D51C3 #C33D94

square

#C3AF3D #3DC36C #3D51C3 #C33D94

split-complementary

#C3AF3D #3D94C3 #6C3DC3

monochromatic

#665C20 #95852E #C3AF3D #D1C26C #E0D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C3AF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF3D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF3D	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)

#C0AA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c679',
    500: '#c3af3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af3d;
$custom-light: #d9c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75052,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF3D

secondary

#9099CC

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF3D

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

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