#C3B23A#C3B23A

#C3B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B23A
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -7.42, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 60.91, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0263 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1915, 43.7501, 10.3824)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B23A #3A4BC3

analogous

#C36E3A #C3B23A #8FC33A

triadic

#C3B23A #3AC3B2 #B23AC3

tetradic

#C3B23A #3AC36E #3A4BC3 #C33A8F

square

#C3B23A #3AC36E #3A4BC3 #C33A8F

split-complementary

#C3B23A #3A8FC3 #6E3AC3

monochromatic

#655C1E #94872C #C3B23A #D2C568 #E0D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C3B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B23A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B23A	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)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c877',
    500: '#c3b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b23a;
$custom-light: #d9c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75662,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B23A

secondary

#8D95CC

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B23A

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

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