#C3B242#C3B242

#C3B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B242
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -6.98, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 57.71, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0242 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4111, 43.8380, 11.5388)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B242 #4253C3

analogous

#C37142 #C3B242 #93C342

triadic

#C3B242 #42C3B2 #B242C3

tetradic

#C3B242 #42C371 #4253C3 #C34293

square

#C3B242 #42C371 #4253C3 #C34293

split-complementary

#C3B242 #4293C3 #7142C3

monochromatic

#696021 #988A30 #C3B242 #D2C570 #E0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C3B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B242

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B242	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87c',
    500: '#c3b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b242;
$custom-light: #d8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B242

secondary

#949BCD

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B242

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

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