#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
RGBrgb(195, 176, 55)
HSLhsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.51, -6.53, 61.06)
CIE-LCHlch(71.51, 61.41, 96.10°)
OKLaboklab(75.22% -0.0241 0.1354)
OKLCHoklch(75.22% 0.138 100.1)
XYZxyz(38.7224, 42.9304, 9.8604)
Luminance0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3B0371.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

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

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#C3B037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva