#C3B037#C3B037

#C3B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B037
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -6.53, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 61.41, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0241 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7224, 42.9304, 9.8604)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B037 #374AC3

analogous

#C36A37 #C3B037 #90C337

triadic

#C3B037 #37C3B0 #B037C3

tetradic

#C3B037 #37C36A #374AC3 #C33790

square

#C3B037 #37C36A #374AC3 #C33790

split-complementary

#C3B037 #3790C3 #6A37C3

monochromatic

#645A1C #93852A #C3B037 #D3C464 #E1D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C3B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B037

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B037	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c776',
    500: '#c3b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b037;
$custom-light: #d9c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B037

secondary

#8A93CC

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B037

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

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