#C3AF48#C3AF48

#C3AF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF48
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -5.04, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 54.13, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.018 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0070, 42.7317, 12.3230)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF48 #485CC3

analogous

#C37248 #C3AF48 #99C348

triadic

#C3AF48 #48C3AF #AF48C3

tetradic

#C3AF48 #48C372 #485CC3 #C34899

square

#C3AF48 #48C372 #485CC3 #C34899

split-complementary

#C3AF48 #4899C3 #7248C3

monochromatic

#6D6124 #9B8A33 #C3AF48 #D2C376 #E1D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C3AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF48

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF48	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67f',
    500: '#c3af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af48;
$custom-light: #d8c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF48

secondary

#99A1CE

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF48

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

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