#C3B343#C3B343

#C3B343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B343
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.44, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 57.64, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0254 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6405, 44.2492, 11.7620)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B343 #4353C3

analogous

#C37343 #C3B343 #93C343

triadic

#C3B343 #43C3B3 #B343C3

tetradic

#C3B343 #43C373 #4353C3 #C34393

square

#C3B343 #43C373 #4353C3 #C34393

split-complementary

#C3B343 #4393C3 #7343C3

monochromatic

#6A6122 #988B31 #C3B343 #D2C671 #E1D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C3B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B343

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B343	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)

#C3AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97d',
    500: '#c3b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b343;
$custom-light: #d8c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B343

secondary

#959CCD

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B343

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

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