#C3B439#C3B439

#C3B439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B439
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -8.51, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 61.95, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0295 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5672, 44.5417, 10.3833)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B439 #3948C3

analogous

#C36F39 #C3B439 #8DC339

triadic

#C3B439 #39C3B4 #B439C3

tetradic

#C3B439 #39C36F #3948C3 #C3398D

square

#C3B439 #39C36F #3948C3 #C3398D

split-complementary

#C3B439 #398DC3 #6F39C3

monochromatic

#645D1D #94882B #C3B439 #D2C767 #E0D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C3B439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B439

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B439	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca77',
    500: '#c3b439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b439;
$custom-light: #d9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76079,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B439

secondary

#8C93CC

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B439

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

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