#C3B040#C3B040

#C3B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B040
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -6.05, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 57.87, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0218 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9581, 43.0247, 11.1020)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B040 #4053C3

analogous

#C36E40 #C3B040 #94C340

triadic

#C3B040 #40C3B0 #B040C3

tetradic

#C3B040 #40C36E #4053C3 #C34094

square

#C3B040 #40C36E #4053C3 #C34094

split-complementary

#C3B040 #4094C3 #6E40C3

monochromatic

#685E21 #97882F #C3B040 #D2C36F #E0D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C3B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B040

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B040	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77b',
    500: '#c3b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b040;
$custom-light: #d8c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B040

secondary

#929BCC

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B040

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

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