#C3B433#C3B433

#C3B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B433
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -8.79, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 64.14, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0309 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.143 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4263, 44.4853, 9.6411)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B433 #3342C3

analogous

#C36C33 #C3B433 #8AC333

triadic

#C3B433 #33C3B4 #B433C3

tetradic

#C3B433 #33C36C #3342C3 #C3338A

square

#C3B433 #33C36C #3342C3 #C3338A

split-complementary

#C3B433 #338AC3 #6C33C3

monochromatic

#625A1A #928726 #C3B433 #D5C95E #E2D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C3B433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B433

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B433	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca74',
    500: '#c3b433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b433;
$custom-light: #d9ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76038,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B433

secondary

#868DCC

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B433

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

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