#C3AF49#C3AF49

#C3AF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF49
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -4.97, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 53.70, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0177 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0399, 42.7448, 12.4962)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF49 #495DC3

analogous

#C37249 #C3AF49 #9AC349

triadic

#C3AF49 #49C3AF #AF49C3

tetradic

#C3AF49 #49C372 #495DC3 #C3499A

square

#C3AF49 #49C372 #495DC3 #C3499A

split-complementary

#C3AF49 #499AC3 #7249C3

monochromatic

#6E6124 #9C8A33 #C3AF49 #D2C377 #E1D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C3AF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF49

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF49	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c680',
    500: '#c3af49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af49;
$custom-light: #d8c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF49

secondary

#99A2CE

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF49

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

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