#C3B035#C3B035

#C3B035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B035
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -6.62, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 62.15, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0246 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6754, 42.9116, 9.6131)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B035 #3548C3

analogous

#C36935 #C3B035 #8FC335

triadic

#C3B035 #35C3B0 #B035C3

tetradic

#C3B035 #35C369 #3548C3 #C3358F

square

#C3B035 #35C369 #3548C3 #C3358F

split-complementary

#C3B035 #358FC3 #6935C3

monochromatic

#63591B #938528 #C3B035 #D4C561 #E1D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C3B035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B035

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B035	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c775',
    500: '#c3b035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b035;
$custom-light: #d9c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75202,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B035

secondary

#8891CC

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B035

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

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