#C3B446#C3B446

#C3B446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B446
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -7.78, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 56.72, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.026 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9340, 44.6885, 12.3154)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B446 #4655C3

analogous

#C37646 #C3B446 #94C346

triadic

#C3B446 #46C3B4 #B446C3

tetradic

#C3B446 #46C376 #4655C3 #C34694

square

#C3B446 #46C376 #4655C3 #C34694

split-complementary

#C3B446 #4694C3 #7646C3

monochromatic

#6C6323 #9A8D32 #C3B446 #D2C774 #E1D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C3B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B446

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B446	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7f',
    500: '#c3b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b446;
$custom-light: #d8ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B446

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B446

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

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