#C3AF3F#C3AF3F

#C3AF3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF3F
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -5.58, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 57.95, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0206 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.7346, 42.6227, 10.8884)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF3F #3F53C3

analogous

#C36D3F #C3AF3F #95C33F

triadic

#C3AF3F #3FC3AF #AF3FC3

tetradic

#C3AF3F #3FC36D #3F53C3 #C33F95

square

#C3AF3F #3FC36D #3F53C3 #C33F95

split-complementary

#C3AF3F #3F95C3 #6D3FC3

monochromatic

#675D20 #96862F #C3AF3F #D2C26E #E0D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C3AF3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF3F

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF3F	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	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)

#C0AA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67a',
    500: '#c3af3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af3f;
$custom-light: #d9c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF3F

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF3F

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

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