#C3B534#C3B534

#C3B534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B534
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -9.27, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 64.11, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0322 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.6511, 44.8995, 9.8260)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B534 #3442C3

analogous

#C36D34 #C3B534 #89C334

triadic

#C3B534 #34C3B5 #B534C3

tetradic

#C3B534 #34C36D #3442C3 #C33489

square

#C3B534 #34C36D #3442C3 #C33489

split-complementary

#C3B534 #3489C3 #6D34C3

monochromatic

#625B1A #938827 #C3B534 #D5C960 #E1D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C3B534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B534

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B534	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca75',
    500: '#c3b534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b534;
$custom-light: #d9ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B534

secondary

#878ECC

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B534

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

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