#C3AF44#C3AF44

#C3AF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF44
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -5.29, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 55.86, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0192 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8807, 42.6812, 11.6580)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF44 #4458C3

analogous

#C37044 #C3AF44 #98C344

triadic

#C3AF44 #44C3AF #AF44C3

tetradic

#C3AF44 #44C370 #4458C3 #C34498

square

#C3AF44 #44C370 #4458C3 #C34498

split-complementary

#C3AF44 #4498C3 #7044C3

monochromatic

#6A5F22 #998831 #C3AF44 #D2C372 #E1D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C3AF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF44

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF44	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67d',
    500: '#c3af44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af44;
$custom-light: #d8c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75113,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF44

secondary

#959ECD

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF44

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

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