#C3AF46#C3AF46

#C3AF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF46
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -5.17, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 55.01, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0186 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9428, 42.7060, 11.9850)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF46 #465AC3

analogous

#C37146 #C3AF46 #99C346

triadic

#C3AF46 #46C3AF #AF46C3

tetradic

#C3AF46 #46C371 #465AC3 #C34699

square

#C3AF46 #46C371 #465AC3 #C34699

split-complementary

#C3AF46 #4699C3 #7146C3

monochromatic

#6C6023 #9A8932 #C3AF46 #D2C374 #E1D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C3AF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF46

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67e',
    500: '#c3af46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af46;
$custom-light: #d8c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF46

secondary

#97A0CE

accent

#64DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF46

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

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