#C3B438#C3B438

#C3B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B438
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -8.56, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 62.33, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0298 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.14 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5425, 44.5318, 10.2532)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B438 #3847C3

analogous

#C36F38 #C3B438 #8DC338

triadic

#C3B438 #38C3B4 #B438C3

tetradic

#C3B438 #38C36F #3847C3 #C3388D

square

#C3B438 #38C36F #3847C3 #C3388D

split-complementary

#C3B438 #388DC3 #6F38C3

monochromatic

#645C1D #93882A #C3B438 #D3C765 #E1D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C3B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B438

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B438	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca77',
    500: '#c3b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b438;
$custom-light: #d9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76072,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B438

secondary

#8B92CC

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B438

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

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