#C3B249#C3B249

#C3B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B249
RGB	rgb(195, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -6.54, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 54.72, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0222 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6303, 43.9256, 12.6930)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B249 #495AC3

analogous

#C37549 #C3B249 #97C349

triadic

#C3B249 #49C3B2 #B249C3

tetradic

#C3B249 #49C375 #495AC3 #C34997

square

#C3B249 #49C375 #495AC3 #C34997

split-complementary

#C3B249 #4997C3 #7549C3

monochromatic

#6E6324 #9C8D33 #C3B249 #D2C577 #E1D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C3B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C3B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B249

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B249	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c880',
    500: '#c3b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b249;
$custom-light: #d8c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B249

secondary

#99A1CE

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B249

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

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