#C3B33B#C3B33B

#C3B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B33B
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -7.89, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 60.86, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0276 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4169, 44.1598, 10.5843)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B33B #3B4BC3

analogous

#C36F3B #C3B33B #8FC33B

triadic

#C3B33B #3BC3B3 #B33BC3

tetradic

#C3B33B #3BC36F #3B4BC3 #C33B8F

square

#C3B33B #3BC36F #3B4BC3 #C33B8F

split-complementary

#C3B33B #3B8FC3 #6F3BC3

monochromatic

#655D1F #94882D #C3B33B #D2C569 #E0D898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C3B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B33B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B33B	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)

#C3AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c978',
    500: '#c3b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b33b;
$custom-light: #d9c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B33B

secondary

#8E95CC

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B33B

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

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