#C3B235#C3B235

#C3B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B235
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -7.66, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 62.78, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0276 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0705, 43.7017, 9.7447)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B235 #3546C3

analogous

#C36B35 #C3B235 #8DC335

triadic

#C3B235 #35C3B2 #B235C3

tetradic

#C3B235 #35C36B #3546C3 #C3358D

square

#C3B235 #35C36B #3546C3 #C3358D

split-complementary

#C3B235 #358DC3 #6B35C3

monochromatic

#635A1B #938628 #C3B235 #D4C661 #E1D891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C3B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B235

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B235	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c875',
    500: '#c3b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b235;
$custom-light: #d9c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75626,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B235

secondary

#8890CC

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B235

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

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