#C3B145#C3B145

#C3B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B145
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -6.28, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 56.11, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0219 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3037, 43.4778, 11.9508)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B145 #4557C3

analogous

#C37245 #C3B145 #96C345

triadic

#C3B145 #45C3B1 #B145C3

tetradic

#C3B145 #45C372 #4557C3 #C34596

square

#C3B145 #45C372 #4557C3 #C34596

split-complementary

#C3B145 #4596C3 #7245C3

monochromatic

#6B6123 #998A31 #C3B145 #D2C473 #E1D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C3B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C3B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B145

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B145	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87e',
    500: '#c3b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b145;
$custom-light: #d8c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B145

secondary

#969ECE

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B145

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

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