#C3B034#C3B034

#C3B034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B034
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -6.67, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 62.51, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0248 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.139 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6527, 42.9025, 9.4932)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B034 #3447C3

analogous

#C36834 #C3B034 #8EC334

triadic

#C3B034 #34C3B0 #B034C3

tetradic

#C3B034 #34C368 #3447C3 #C3348E

square

#C3B034 #34C368 #3447C3 #C3348E

split-complementary

#C3B034 #348EC3 #6834C3

monochromatic

#62591A #938427 #C3B034 #D5C560 #E1D790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C3B034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B034

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B034	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c774',
    500: '#c3b034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b034;
$custom-light: #d9c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75195,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B034

secondary

#8790CC

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B034

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

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