#C3B151#C3B151

#C3B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B151
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -5.46, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 50.78, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0181 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7145, 43.6421, 14.1148)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B151 #5163C3

analogous

#C37851 #C3B151 #9CC351

triadic

#C3B151 #51C3B1 #B151C3

tetradic

#C3B151 #51C378 #5163C3 #C3519C

square

#C3B151 #51C378 #5163C3 #C3519C

split-complementary

#C3B151 #519CC3 #7851C3

monochromatic

#726627 #A08F37 #C3B151 #D3C57F #E2DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C3B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B151

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B151	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c885',
    500: '#c3b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b151;
$custom-light: #d8c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B151

secondary

#A0A7D0

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B151

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

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