#C3B453#C3B453

#C3B453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B453
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -6.88, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 50.95, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.022 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3897, 44.8707, 14.7153)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B453 #5362C3

analogous

#C37C53 #C3B453 #9AC353

triadic

#C3B453 #53C3B4 #B453C3

tetradic

#C3B453 #53C37C #5362C3 #C3539A

square

#C3B453 #53C37C #5362C3 #C3539A

split-complementary

#C3B453 #539AC3 #7C53C3

monochromatic

#736928 #A19338 #C3B453 #D3C880 #E3DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C3B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B453

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B453	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca87',
    500: '#c3b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b453;
$custom-light: #d8ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B453

secondary

#A1A8D1

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B453

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

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