#C3B338#C3B338

#C3B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B338
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -8.04, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 62.00, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0283 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3413, 44.1295, 10.1862)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B338 #3848C3

analogous

#C36E38 #C3B338 #8DC338

triadic

#C3B338 #38C3B3 #B338C3

tetradic

#C3B338 #38C36E #3848C3 #C3388D

square

#C3B338 #38C36E #3848C3 #C3388D

split-complementary

#C3B338 #388DC3 #6E38C3

monochromatic

#645C1D #93872A #C3B338 #D3C665 #E1D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C3B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B338

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B338	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c977',
    500: '#c3b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b338;
$custom-light: #d9c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75859,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B338

secondary

#8B92CC

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B338

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

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