#C3B140#C3B140

#C3B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B140
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -6.58, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 58.20, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0233 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1549, 43.4183, 11.1676)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B140 #4052C3

analogous

#C36F40 #C3B140 #93C340

triadic

#C3B140 #40C3B1 #B140C3

tetradic

#C3B140 #40C36F #4052C3 #C34093

square

#C3B140 #40C36F #4052C3 #C34093

split-complementary

#C3B140 #4093C3 #6F40C3

monochromatic

#685E21 #97882F #C3B140 #D2C46F #E0D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C3B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B140

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B140	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87b',
    500: '#c3b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b140;
$custom-light: #d8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75499,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B140

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B140

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

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