#C3B441#C3B441

#C3B441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B441
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -8.08, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 58.81, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0275 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7827, 44.6279, 11.5185)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B441 #4150C3

analogous

#C37341 #C3B441 #91C341

triadic

#C3B441 #41C3B4 #B441C3

tetradic

#C3B441 #41C373 #4150C3 #C34191

square

#C3B441 #41C373 #4150C3 #C34191

split-complementary

#C3B441 #4191C3 #7341C3

monochromatic

#696021 #978B30 #C3B441 #D2C670 #E0D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C3B441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B441

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B441	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7c',
    500: '#c3b441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b441;
$custom-light: #d8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B441

secondary

#939ACD

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B441

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

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