#C3B142#C3B142

#C3B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B142
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -6.46, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 57.37, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0227 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.2129, 43.4415, 11.4727)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B142 #4254C3

analogous

#C37042 #C3B142 #94C342

triadic

#C3B142 #42C3B1 #B142C3

tetradic

#C3B142 #42C370 #4254C3 #C34294

square

#C3B142 #42C370 #4254C3 #C34294

split-complementary

#C3B142 #4294C3 #7042C3

monochromatic

#695F21 #988930 #C3B142 #D2C470 #E0D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C3B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B142

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B142	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87c',
    500: '#c3b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b142;
$custom-light: #d8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B142

secondary

#949CCD

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B142

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

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