#C3B226#C3B226

#C3B226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.148 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B226
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 38)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -8.26, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 67.67, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0306 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.148 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7778, 43.5846, 8.2035)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B226 #2637C3

analogous

#C36326 #C3B226 #85C326

triadic

#C3B226 #26C3B2 #B226C3

tetradic

#C3B226 #26C363 #2637C3 #C32685

square

#C3B226 #26C363 #2637C3 #C32685

split-complementary

#C3B226 #2685C3 #6326C3

monochromatic

#5D5412 #90831C #C3B226 #DCCC4A #E6DB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C3B226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B226

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B226	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.148 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c86e',
    500: '#c3b226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b226;
$custom-light: #d9c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.503,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B226

secondary

#7780CE

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B226

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

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