#C3AF41#C3AF41

#C3AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF41
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -5.47, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 57.13, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.02 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7915, 42.6455, 11.1881)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF41 #4155C3

analogous

#C36E41 #C3AF41 #96C341

triadic

#C3AF41 #41C3AF #AF41C3

tetradic

#C3AF41 #41C36E #4155C3 #C34196

square

#C3AF41 #41C36E #4155C3 #C34196

split-complementary

#C3AF41 #4196C3 #6E41C3

monochromatic

#695E21 #978730 #C3AF41 #D2C370 #E0D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C3AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF41

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF41	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67b',
    500: '#c3af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af41;
$custom-light: #d8c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF41

secondary

#939CCD

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF41

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

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