#C3B147#C3B147

#C3B147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B147
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -6.15, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 55.25, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0213 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3668, 43.5030, 12.2833)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B147 #4759C3

analogous

#C37347 #C3B147 #97C347

triadic

#C3B147 #47C3B1 #B147C3

tetradic

#C3B147 #47C373 #4759C3 #C34797

square

#C3B147 #47C373 #4759C3 #C34797

split-complementary

#C3B147 #4797C3 #7347C3

monochromatic

#6C6223 #9A8B32 #C3B147 #D2C575 #E1D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C3B147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B147

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B147	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C1AC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87f',
    500: '#c3b147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b147;
$custom-light: #d8c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75562,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B147

secondary

#98A0CE

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B147

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

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