#C3B440#C3B440

#C3B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B440
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -8.14, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 59.21, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0277 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7540, 44.6165, 11.3673)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B440 #404FC3

analogous

#C37240 #C3B440 #90C340

triadic

#C3B440 #40C3B4 #B440C3

tetradic

#C3B440 #40C372 #404FC3 #C34090

square

#C3B440 #40C372 #404FC3 #C34090

split-complementary

#C3B440 #4090C3 #7240C3

monochromatic

#686021 #978B2F #C3B440 #D2C66F #E0D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C3B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B440

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B440	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7b',
    500: '#c3b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b440;
$custom-light: #d8ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B440

secondary

#9299CC

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B440

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

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