#C3B048#C3B048

#C3B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B048
RGB	rgb(195, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -5.56, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 54.47, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0195 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.2023, 43.1224, 12.3881)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B048 #485BC3

analogous

#C37348 #C3B048 #98C348

triadic

#C3B048 #48C3B0 #B048C3

tetradic

#C3B048 #48C373 #485BC3 #C34898

square

#C3B048 #48C373 #485BC3 #C34898

split-complementary

#C3B048 #4898C3 #7348C3

monochromatic

#6D6224 #9B8B33 #C3B048 #D2C476 #E1D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C3B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C3B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B048

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B048	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)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77f',
    500: '#c3b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b048;
$custom-light: #d8c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B048

secondary

#99A1CE

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B048

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

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