#C3AF43#C3AF43

#C3AF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF43
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -5.35, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 56.29, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0195 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8505, 42.6691, 11.4987)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF43 #4357C3

analogous

#C36F43 #C3AF43 #97C343

triadic

#C3AF43 #43C3AF #AF43C3

tetradic

#C3AF43 #43C36F #4357C3 #C34397

square

#C3AF43 #43C36F #4357C3 #C34397

split-complementary

#C3AF43 #4397C3 #6F43C3

monochromatic

#6A5F22 #988831 #C3AF43 #D2C371 #E1D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C3AF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF43

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF43	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)

#BFAB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67c',
    500: '#c3af43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af43;
$custom-light: #d8c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75104,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF43

secondary

#959ECD

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF43

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

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