#C3AF42#C3AF42

#C3AF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF42
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -5.41, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 56.71, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0197 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8207, 42.6572, 11.3420)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF42 #4256C3

analogous

#C36E42 #C3AF42 #96C342

triadic

#C3AF42 #42C3AF #AF42C3

tetradic

#C3AF42 #42C36E #4256C3 #C34296

square

#C3AF42 #42C36E #4256C3 #C34296

split-complementary

#C3AF42 #4296C3 #6E42C3

monochromatic

#695E21 #988830 #C3AF42 #D2C370 #E0D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C3AF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF42

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF42	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)

#BFAB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67c',
    500: '#c3af42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af42;
$custom-light: #d8c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF42

secondary

#949DCD

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF42

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

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