#C3B237#C3B237

#C3B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B237
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -7.57, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 62.05, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0271 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1174, 43.7205, 9.9921)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B237 #3748C3

analogous

#C36C37 #C3B237 #8EC337

triadic

#C3B237 #37C3B2 #B237C3

tetradic

#C3B237 #37C36C #3748C3 #C3378E

square

#C3B237 #37C36C #3748C3 #C3378E

split-complementary

#C3B237 #378EC3 #6C37C3

monochromatic

#645B1C #93862A #C3B237 #D3C664 #E1D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C3B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B237

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B237	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)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c876',
    500: '#c3b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b237;
$custom-light: #d9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7564,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B237

secondary

#8A92CC

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B237

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

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