#C3B444#C3B444

#C3B444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B444
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -7.90, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 57.57, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0266 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8719, 44.6636, 11.9884)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B444 #4453C3

analogous

#C37544 #C3B444 #93C344

triadic

#C3B444 #44C3B4 #B444C3

tetradic

#C3B444 #44C375 #4453C3 #C34493

square

#C3B444 #44C375 #4453C3 #C34493

split-complementary

#C3B444 #4493C3 #7544C3

monochromatic

#6A6222 #998D31 #C3B444 #D2C772 #E1D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C3B444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B444

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B444	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)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7d',
    500: '#c3b444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b444;
$custom-light: #d8ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B444

secondary

#959CCD

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B444

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

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