#C3B345#C3B345

#C3B345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B345
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -7.32, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 56.80, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0248 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(39.7016, 44.2736, 12.0835)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B345 #4555C3

analogous

#C37445 #C3B345 #94C345

triadic

#C3B345 #45C3B3 #B345C3

tetradic

#C3B345 #45C374 #4555C3 #C34594

square

#C3B345 #45C374 #4555C3 #C34594

split-complementary

#C3B345 #4594C3 #7445C3

monochromatic

#6B6223 #998C31 #C3B345 #D2C673 #E1D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C3B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B345

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B345	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)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97e',
    500: '#c3b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b345;
$custom-light: #d8c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B345

secondary

#969DCE

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B345

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

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