#C3B043#C3B043

#C3B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B043
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -5.88, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 56.62, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0209 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0458, 43.0598, 11.5638)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B043 #4356C3

analogous

#C37043 #C3B043 #96C343

triadic

#C3B043 #43C3B0 #B043C3

tetradic

#C3B043 #43C370 #4356C3 #C34396

square

#C3B043 #43C370 #4356C3 #C34396

split-complementary

#C3B043 #4396C3 #7043C3

monochromatic

#6A5F22 #988931 #C3B043 #D2C371 #E1D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C3B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C3B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B043

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B043	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77c',
    500: '#c3b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b043;
$custom-light: #d8c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75314,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B043

secondary

#959DCD

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B043

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

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