#C3B238#C3B238

#C3B238 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 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B238
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -7.52, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 61.67, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0268 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1416, 43.7302, 10.1196)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B238 #3849C3

analogous

#C36D38 #C3B238 #8FC338

triadic

#C3B238 #38C3B2 #B238C3

tetradic

#C3B238 #38C36D #3849C3 #C3388F

square

#C3B238 #38C36D #3849C3 #C3388F

split-complementary

#C3B238 #388FC3 #6D38C3

monochromatic

#645B1D #93872A #C3B238 #D3C565 #E1D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C3B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B238

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B238	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c876',
    500: '#c3b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b238;
$custom-light: #d9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B238

secondary

#8B93CC

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B238

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

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