#C3B346#C3B346

#C3B346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B346
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -7.26, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 56.37, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0246 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7329, 44.2862, 12.2483)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B346 #4656C3

analogous

#C37546 #C3B346 #95C346

triadic

#C3B346 #46C3B3 #B346C3

tetradic

#C3B346 #46C375 #4656C3 #C34695

square

#C3B346 #46C375 #4656C3 #C34695

split-complementary

#C3B346 #4695C3 #7546C3

monochromatic

#6C6223 #9A8D32 #C3B346 #D2C674 #E1D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C3B346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B346

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B346	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97e',
    500: '#c3b346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b346;
$custom-light: #d8c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B346

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B346

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

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