#C3B240#C3B240

#C3B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B240
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -7.10, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 58.53, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0248 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3532, 43.8148, 11.2337)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B240 #4051C3

analogous

#C37040 #C3B240 #92C340

triadic

#C3B240 #40C3B2 #B240C3

tetradic

#C3B240 #40C370 #4051C3 #C34092

square

#C3B240 #40C370 #4051C3 #C34092

split-complementary

#C3B240 #4092C3 #7040C3

monochromatic

#685F21 #97892F #C3B240 #D2C56F #E0D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C3B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B240

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B240	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87b',
    500: '#c3b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b240;
$custom-light: #d8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7571,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B240

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B240

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

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