#C3B435#C3B435

#C3B435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3B435
RGBrgb(195, 180, 53)
HSLhsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.56, -8.70, 62.83)
CIE-LCHlch(72.56, 63.43, 97.89°)
OKLaboklab(76.05% -0.0305 0.1388)
OKLCHoklch(76.05% 0.142 102.4)
XYZxyz(39.4713, 44.5034, 9.8784)
Luminance0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3B435 #3544C3
analogous
#C36D35 #C3B435 #8BC335
triadic
#C3B435 #35C3B4 #B435C3
tetradic
#C3B435 #35C36D #3544C3 #C3358B
square
#C3B435 #35C36D #3544C3 #C3358B
split-complementary
#C3B435 #358BC3 #6D35C3
monochromatic
#635B1B #938828 #C3B435 #D4C861 #E1D991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#C3B435 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90
#C3B435 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B435
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3B435#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3B4351.002.129.909.90
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9021.001.001.00
##0000009.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AE1F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B53E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A79B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3b435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 102.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca75',
    500: '#c3b435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3b435;
$custom-light: #d9ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3b435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3B435
secondary
#888FCC
accent
#57E147
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C3B435 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva