#C3B137#C3B137

#C3B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B137
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -7.05, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 61.73, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0256 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.138 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9192, 43.3240, 9.9260)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B137 #3749C3

analogous

#C36B37 #C3B137 #8FC337

triadic

#C3B137 #37C3B1 #B137C3

tetradic

#C3B137 #37C36B #3749C3 #C3378F

square

#C3B137 #37C36B #3749C3 #C3378F

split-complementary

#C3B137 #378FC3 #6B37C3

monochromatic

#645A1C #93862A #C3B137 #D3C564 #E1D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C3B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B137

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B137	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c876',
    500: '#c3b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b137;
$custom-light: #d9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B137

secondary

#8A92CC

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B137

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

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