#C3B449#C3B449

#C3B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B449
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -7.59, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 55.43, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0251 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0311, 44.7273, 12.8266)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B449 #4958C3

analogous

#C37749 #C3B449 #95C349

triadic

#C3B449 #49C3B4 #B449C3

tetradic

#C3B449 #49C377 #4958C3 #C34995

square

#C3B449 #49C377 #4958C3 #C34995

split-complementary

#C3B449 #4995C3 #7749C3

monochromatic

#6E6424 #9C8F33 #C3B449 #D2C777 #E1DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C3B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B449

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B449	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca80',
    500: '#c3b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b449;
$custom-light: #d8ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76216,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B449

secondary

#99A0CE

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B449

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

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