#C3B126#C3B126

#C3B126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B126
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -7.74, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 67.38, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0291 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5796, 43.1882, 8.1374)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B126 #2638C3

analogous

#C36226 #C3B126 #86C326

triadic

#C3B126 #26C3B1 #B126C3

tetradic

#C3B126 #26C362 #2638C3 #C32686

square

#C3B126 #26C362 #2638C3 #C32686

split-complementary

#C3B126 #2686C3 #6226C3

monochromatic

#5D5412 #90831C #C3B126 #DCCB4A #E6DA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C3B126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C3B126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B126

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B126	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c76e',
    500: '#c3b126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b126;
$custom-light: #d9c76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.121,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B126

secondary

#7781CE

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B126

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

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