#C3B342#C3B342

#C3B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B342
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.50, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 58.05, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0257 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6108, 44.2373, 11.6054)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B342 #4252C3

analogous

#C37242 #C3B342 #92C342

triadic

#C3B342 #42C3B3 #B342C3

tetradic

#C3B342 #42C372 #4252C3 #C34292

square

#C3B342 #42C372 #4252C3 #C34292

split-complementary

#C3B342 #4292C3 #7242C3

monochromatic

#696021 #988B30 #C3B342 #D2C670 #E0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C3B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B342

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B342	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97c',
    500: '#c3b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b342;
$custom-light: #d8c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B342

secondary

#949BCD

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B342

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

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