#C3B044#C3B044

#C3B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B044
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -5.82, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 56.20, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0207 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0761, 43.0719, 11.7231)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B044 #4457C3

analogous

#C37144 #C3B044 #97C344

triadic

#C3B044 #44C3B0 #B044C3

tetradic

#C3B044 #44C371 #4457C3 #C34497

square

#C3B044 #44C371 #4457C3 #C34497

split-complementary

#C3B044 #4497C3 #7144C3

monochromatic

#6A6022 #998931 #C3B044 #D2C472 #E1D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C3B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C3B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B044

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B044	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77d',
    500: '#c3b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b044;
$custom-light: #d8c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B044

secondary

#959ECD

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B044

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

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