#C3B437#C3B437

#C3B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B437
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -8.61, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 62.70, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.03 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5183, 44.5222, 10.1257)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B437 #3746C3

analogous

#C36E37 #C3B437 #8CC337

triadic

#C3B437 #37C3B4 #B437C3

tetradic

#C3B437 #37C36E #3746C3 #C3378C

square

#C3B437 #37C36E #3746C3 #C3378C

split-complementary

#C3B437 #378CC3 #6E37C3

monochromatic

#645C1C #93882A #C3B437 #D3C764 #E1D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C3B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B437

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B437	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)

#C5AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca76',
    500: '#c3b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b437;
$custom-light: #d9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B437

secondary

#8A91CC

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B437

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

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