#C3B047#C3B047

#C3B047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B047
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -5.63, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 54.91, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0198 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.1700, 43.1094, 12.2177)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B047 #475AC3

analogous

#C37247 #C3B047 #98C347

triadic

#C3B047 #47C3B0 #B047C3

tetradic

#C3B047 #47C372 #475AC3 #C34798

square

#C3B047 #47C372 #475AC3 #C34798

split-complementary

#C3B047 #4798C3 #7247C3

monochromatic

#6C6123 #9A8A32 #C3B047 #D2C475 #E1D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C3B047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C3B047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B047

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B047	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77f',
    500: '#c3b047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b047;
$custom-light: #d8c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B047

secondary

#98A0CE

accent

#63DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B047

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

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