#C3B039#C3B039

#C3B039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B039
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -6.43, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 60.65, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0236 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(38.7713, 42.9500, 10.1181)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B039 #394CC3

analogous

#C36B39 #C3B039 #91C339

triadic

#C3B039 #39C3B0 #B039C3

tetradic

#C3B039 #39C36B #394CC3 #C33991

square

#C3B039 #39C36B #394CC3 #C33991

split-complementary

#C3B039 #3991C3 #6B39C3

monochromatic

#645B1D #94852B #C3B039 #D2C467 #E0D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C3B039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B039

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B039	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)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c777',
    500: '#c3b039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b039;
$custom-light: #d9c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B039

secondary

#8C95CC

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B039

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

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