#C3B335#C3B335

#C3B335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B335
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -8.18, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 63.10, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.029 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.141 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2702, 44.1011, 9.8113)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B335 #3545C3

analogous

#C36C35 #C3B335 #8CC335

triadic

#C3B335 #35C3B3 #B335C3

tetradic

#C3B335 #35C36C #3545C3 #C3358C

square

#C3B335 #35C36C #3545C3 #C3358C

split-complementary

#C3B335 #358CC3 #6C35C3

monochromatic

#635B1B #938728 #C3B335 #D4C761 #E1D891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3B335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C3B335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B335

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B335	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c975',
    500: '#c3b335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b335;
$custom-light: #d9c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B335

secondary

#888FCC

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B335

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

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