#C3B243#C3B243

#C3B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B243
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -6.92, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 57.29, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0239 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4409, 43.8498, 11.6955)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B243 #4354C3

analogous

#C37243 #C3B243 #94C343

triadic

#C3B243 #43C3B2 #B243C3

tetradic

#C3B243 #43C372 #4354C3 #C34394

square

#C3B243 #43C372 #4354C3 #C34394

split-complementary

#C3B243 #4394C3 #7243C3

monochromatic

#6A6022 #988A31 #C3B243 #D2C571 #E1D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C3B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B243

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B243	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)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87d',
    500: '#c3b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b243;
$custom-light: #d8c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B243

secondary

#959CCD

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B243

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

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