#C3B234#C3B234

#C3B234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B234
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -7.71, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 63.14, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0278 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0477, 43.6926, 9.6249)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B234 #3445C3

analogous

#C36A34 #C3B234 #8CC334

triadic

#C3B234 #34C3B2 #B234C3

tetradic

#C3B234 #34C36A #3445C3 #C3348C

square

#C3B234 #34C36A #3445C3 #C3348C

split-complementary

#C3B234 #348CC3 #6A34C3

monochromatic

#625A1A #938627 #C3B234 #D5C760 #E1D890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C3B234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B234

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B234	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c874',
    500: '#c3b234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b234;
$custom-light: #d9c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B234

secondary

#878FCC

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B234

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

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