#C3B341#C3B341

#C3B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B341
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -7.56, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 58.46, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.026 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5816, 44.2256, 11.4515)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B341 #4151C3

analogous

#C37241 #C3B341 #92C341

triadic

#C3B341 #41C3B3 #B341C3

tetradic

#C3B341 #41C372 #4151C3 #C34192

square

#C3B341 #41C372 #4151C3 #C34192

split-complementary

#C3B341 #4192C3 #7241C3

monochromatic

#696021 #978A30 #C3B341 #D2C670 #E0D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C3B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B341

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B341	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97b',
    500: '#c3b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b341;
$custom-light: #d8c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B341

secondary

#939ACD

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B341

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

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