#C3B337#C3B337

#C3B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B337
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -8.09, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 62.37, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0286 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3171, 44.1199, 10.0587)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B337 #3747C3

analogous

#C36D37 #C3B337 #8DC337

triadic

#C3B337 #37C3B3 #B337C3

tetradic

#C3B337 #37C36D #3747C3 #C3378D

square

#C3B337 #37C36D #3747C3 #C3378D

split-complementary

#C3B337 #378DC3 #6D37C3

monochromatic

#645B1C #93872A #C3B337 #D3C764 #E1D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C3B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B337

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B337	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c976',
    500: '#c3b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b337;
$custom-light: #d9c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B337

secondary

#8A91CC

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B337

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

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