#C3B445#C3B445

#C3B445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B445
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -7.84, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 57.15, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0263 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9027, 44.6759, 12.1505)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B445 #4554C3

analogous

#C37545 #C3B445 #93C345

triadic

#C3B445 #45C3B4 #B445C3

tetradic

#C3B445 #45C375 #4554C3 #C34593

square

#C3B445 #45C375 #4554C3 #C34593

split-complementary

#C3B445 #4593C3 #7545C3

monochromatic

#6B6223 #998D31 #C3B445 #D2C773 #E1D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C3B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B445

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B445	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)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7e',
    500: '#c3b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b445;
$custom-light: #d8ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B445

secondary

#969DCE

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B445

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

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