#C3B352#C3B352

#C3B352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B352
RGB	rgb(195, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -6.43, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 51.04, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0208 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.1502, 44.4531, 14.4464)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B352 #5262C3

analogous

#C37A52 #C3B352 #9BC352

triadic

#C3B352 #52C3B3 #B352C3

tetradic

#C3B352 #52C37A #5262C3 #C3529B

square

#C3B352 #52C37A #5262C3 #C3529B

split-complementary

#C3B352 #529BC3 #7A52C3

monochromatic

#736828 #A09138 #C3B352 #D3C77F #E3DBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C3B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B352

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B352	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c986',
    500: '#c3b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b352;
$custom-light: #d8c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.44451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B352

secondary

#A0A7D0

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B352

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

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