#C3B348#C3B348

#C3B348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B348
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -7.13, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 55.51, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.024 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7971, 44.3118, 12.5864)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B348 #4858C3

analogous

#C37648 #C3B348 #96C348

triadic

#C3B348 #48C3B3 #B348C3

tetradic

#C3B348 #48C376 #4858C3 #C34896

square

#C3B348 #48C376 #4858C3 #C34896

split-complementary

#C3B348 #4896C3 #7648C3

monochromatic

#6D6324 #9B8D33 #C3B348 #D2C676 #E1D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C3B348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C3B348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B348

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B348	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)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c980',
    500: '#c3b348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b348;
$custom-light: #d8c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B348

secondary

#99A0CE

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B348

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

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