#C3B136#C3B136

#C3B136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B136
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -7.10, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 62.10, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0258 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8955, 43.3145, 9.8011)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B136 #3648C3

analogous

#C36A36 #C3B136 #8FC336

triadic

#C3B136 #36C3B1 #B136C3

tetradic

#C3B136 #36C36A #3648C3 #C3368F

square

#C3B136 #36C36A #3648C3 #C3368F

split-complementary

#C3B136 #368FC3 #6A36C3

monochromatic

#635A1B #938529 #C3B136 #D4C563 #E1D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C3B136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B136

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B136	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)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c775',
    500: '#c3b136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b136;
$custom-light: #d9c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B136

secondary

#8991CC

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B136

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

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