#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
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -8.70, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 63.43, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0305 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4713, 44.5034, 9.8784)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3B435	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)

#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

Preview with #C3B435

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

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