#C3B03A#C3B03A
#C3B03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3B03A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 176, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 54%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 70%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.3%, 23.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.53, -6.38, 59.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.53, 60.27, 96.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.24% -0.0234 0.1335) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.24% 0.136 99.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.7965, 42.9601, 10.2507) |
| Luminance | 0.4296 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.23
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 3.70
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.29
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.33
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.16
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3B03A #3A4DC3
analogous
#C36C3A #C3B03A #92C33A
triadic
#C3B03A #3AC3B0 #B03AC3
tetradic
#C3B03A #3AC36C #3A4DC3 #C33A92
square
#C3B03A #3AC36C #3A4DC3 #C33A92
split-complementary
#C3B03A #3A92C3 #6C3AC3
monochromatic
#655B1E #94852C #C3B03A #D2C368 #E0D697
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#C3B03A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.59
#C3B03A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3B03A
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3B03A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3B03A | 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)
#C1AB28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B241
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A398
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3b03a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 99.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9c777',
500: '#c3b03a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3b03a; $custom-light: #d9c777; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3b03a",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 176,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.679,
"s": 54.15,
"l": 49.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75239,
"c": 0.13557,
"h": 99.9
},
"luminance": 0.42958
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3B03A
secondary
#8D96CC
accent
#5FDE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B