#C3B138#C3B138

#C3B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B138
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -7.00, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 61.35, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0254 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9434, 43.3337, 10.0536)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B138 #384AC3

analogous

#C36C38 #C3B138 #90C338

triadic

#C3B138 #38C3B1 #B138C3

tetradic

#C3B138 #38C36C #384AC3 #C33890

square

#C3B138 #38C36C #384AC3 #C33890

split-complementary

#C3B138 #3890C3 #6C38C3

monochromatic

#645B1D #93862A #C3B138 #D3C565 #E1D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C3B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B138

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B138	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c876',
    500: '#c3b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b138;
$custom-light: #d9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B138

secondary

#8B93CC

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B138

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

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