#C3AF4E#C3AF4E

#C3AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AF4E
RGB	rgb(195, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -4.63, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 51.45, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0161 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2124, 42.8138, 13.4047)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AF4E #4E62C3

analogous

#C3744E #C3AF4E #9CC34E

triadic

#C3AF4E #4EC3AF #AF4EC3

tetradic

#C3AF4E #4EC374 #4E62C3 #C34E9C

square

#C3AF4E #4EC374 #4E62C3 #C34E9C

split-complementary

#C3AF4E #4E9CC3 #744EC3

monochromatic

#706426 #9E8C36 #C3AF4E #D2C47C #E2D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C3AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AF4E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AF4E	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c683',
    500: '#c3af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3af4e;
$custom-light: #d8c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AF4E

secondary

#9DA6CF

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AF4E

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

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