#C3B436#C3B436

#C3B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B436
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -8.66, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 63.07, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0303 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.141 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4945, 44.5127, 10.0008)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B436 #3645C3

analogous

#C36E36 #C3B436 #8CC336

triadic

#C3B436 #36C3B4 #B436C3

tetradic

#C3B436 #36C36E #3645C3 #C3368C

square

#C3B436 #36C36E #3645C3 #C3368C

split-complementary

#C3B436 #368CC3 #6E36C3

monochromatic

#635C1B #938829 #C3B436 #D4C863 #E1D992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C3B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B436

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B436	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)

#C5AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca76',
    500: '#c3b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b436;
$custom-light: #d9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B436

secondary

#8990CC

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B436

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

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