#C3B339#C3B339

#C3B339 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	#C3B339
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -7.99, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 61.62, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0281 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3660, 44.1394, 10.3163)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B339 #3949C3

analogous

#C36E39 #C3B339 #8EC339

triadic

#C3B339 #39C3B3 #B339C3

tetradic

#C3B339 #39C36E #3949C3 #C3398E

square

#C3B339 #39C36E #3949C3 #C3398E

split-complementary

#C3B339 #398EC3 #6E39C3

monochromatic

#645C1D #94882B #C3B339 #D2C667 #E0D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C3B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B339

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B339	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c977',
    500: '#c3b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b339;
$custom-light: #d9c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B339

secondary

#8C93CC

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B339

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

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