#C3B443#C3B443

#C3B443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B443
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -7.96, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 57.98, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0269 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8417, 44.6515, 11.8291)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B443 #4352C3

analogous

#C37443 #C3B443 #92C343

triadic

#C3B443 #43C3B4 #B443C3

tetradic

#C3B443 #43C374 #4352C3 #C34392

square

#C3B443 #43C374 #4352C3 #C34392

split-complementary

#C3B443 #4392C3 #7443C3

monochromatic

#6A6122 #988C31 #C3B443 #D2C771 #E1D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C3B443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B443

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B443	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C4AF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7d',
    500: '#c3b443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b443;
$custom-light: #d8ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7616,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B443

secondary

#959BCD

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B443

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

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