#C3B135#C3B135

#C3B135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B135
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -7.14, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 62.46, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0261 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8722, 43.3052, 9.6787)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B135 #3547C3

analogous

#C36A35 #C3B135 #8EC335

triadic

#C3B135 #35C3B1 #B135C3

tetradic

#C3B135 #35C36A #3547C3 #C3358E

square

#C3B135 #35C36A #3547C3 #C3358E

split-complementary

#C3B135 #358EC3 #6A35C3

monochromatic

#635A1B #938528 #C3B135 #D4C661 #E1D791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C3B135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B135

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B135	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c775',
    500: '#c3b135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b135;
$custom-light: #d9c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B135

secondary

#8890CC

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B135

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

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