#C3B245#C3B245

#C3B245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B245
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -6.80, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 56.45, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5019, 43.8743, 12.0169)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B245 #4556C3

analogous

#C37345 #C3B245 #95C345

triadic

#C3B245 #45C3B2 #B245C3

tetradic

#C3B245 #45C373 #4556C3 #C34595

square

#C3B245 #45C373 #4556C3 #C34595

split-complementary

#C3B245 #4595C3 #7345C3

monochromatic

#6B6123 #998B31 #C3B245 #D2C573 #E1D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C3B245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B245

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B245	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)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87e',
    500: '#c3b245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b245;
$custom-light: #d8c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B245

secondary

#969ECE

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B245

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

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