#C3AF3E#C3AF3E

#C3AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF3E
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -5.64, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 58.36, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0208 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7069, 42.6117, 10.7425)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF3E #3E52C3

analogous

#C36C3E #C3AF3E #95C33E

triadic

#C3AF3E #3EC3AF #AF3EC3

tetradic

#C3AF3E #3EC36C #3E52C3 #C33E95

square

#C3AF3E #3EC36C #3E52C3 #C33E95

split-complementary

#C3AF3E #3E95C3 #6C3EC3

monochromatic

#675C20 #95862E #C3AF3E #D2C26D #E0D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C3AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C3AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF3E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF3E	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)

#C0AA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c679',
    500: '#c3af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af3e;
$custom-light: #d9c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF3E

secondary

#919ACC

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF3E

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

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