#C3B434#C3B434

#C3B434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B434
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -8.75, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 63.79, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0307 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4485, 44.4943, 9.7585)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B434 #3443C3

analogous

#C36C34 #C3B434 #8AC334

triadic

#C3B434 #34C3B4 #B434C3

tetradic

#C3B434 #34C36C #3443C3 #C3348A

square

#C3B434 #34C36C #3443C3 #C3348A

split-complementary

#C3B434 #348AC3 #6C34C3

monochromatic

#625B1A #938727 #C3B434 #D5C860 #E1D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C3B434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B434

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B434	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)

#C5AE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca75',
    500: '#c3b434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b434;
$custom-light: #d9ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76044,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B434

secondary

#878ECC

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B434

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

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