#C3AF45#C3AF45

#C3AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF45
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -5.23, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 55.44, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0189 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9115, 42.6935, 11.8201)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF45 #4559C3

analogous

#C37045 #C3AF45 #98C345

triadic

#C3AF45 #45C3AF #AF45C3

tetradic

#C3AF45 #45C370 #4559C3 #C34598

square

#C3AF45 #45C370 #4559C3 #C34598

split-complementary

#C3AF45 #4598C3 #7045C3

monochromatic

#6B6023 #998931 #C3AF45 #D2C373 #E1D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C3AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF45

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF45	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67e',
    500: '#c3af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af45;
$custom-light: #d8c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF45

secondary

#969FCE

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF45

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

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