#C3B026#C3B026

#C3B026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B026
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -7.22, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 67.09, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0277 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.147 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3828, 42.7946, 8.0718)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B026 #2639C3

analogous

#C36126 #C3B026 #87C326

triadic

#C3B026 #26C3B0 #B026C3

tetradic

#C3B026 #26C361 #2639C3 #C32687

square

#C3B026 #26C361 #2639C3 #C32687

split-complementary

#C3B026 #2687C3 #6126C3

monochromatic

#5D5412 #90821C #C3B026 #DCCA4A #E6D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C3B026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C3B026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B026

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B026	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)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c76e',
    500: '#c3b026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b026;
$custom-light: #d9c76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.739,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B026

secondary

#7781CE

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B026

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

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