#C3B042#C3B042

#C3B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B042
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -5.94, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 57.04, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0212 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0161, 43.0479, 11.4071)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B042 #4255C3

analogous

#C36F42 #C3B042 #95C342

triadic

#C3B042 #42C3B0 #B042C3

tetradic

#C3B042 #42C36F #4255C3 #C34295

square

#C3B042 #42C36F #4255C3 #C34295

split-complementary

#C3B042 #4295C3 #6F42C3

monochromatic

#695F21 #988830 #C3B042 #D2C370 #E0D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C3B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C3B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B042

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B042	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77c',
    500: '#c3b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b042;
$custom-light: #d8c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B042

secondary

#949CCD

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B042

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

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