#C3B535#C3B535

#C3B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B535
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -9.22, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 63.76, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.032 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6739, 44.9086, 9.9459)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B535 #3543C3

analogous

#C36E35 #C3B535 #8AC335

triadic

#C3B535 #35C3B5 #B535C3

tetradic

#C3B535 #35C36E #3543C3 #C3358A

square

#C3B535 #35C36E #3543C3 #C3358A

split-complementary

#C3B535 #358AC3 #6E35C3

monochromatic

#635C1B #938828 #C3B535 #D4C961 #E1D991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C3B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B535

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B535	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)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca75',
    500: '#c3b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b535;
$custom-light: #d9ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76264,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B535

secondary

#888FCC

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B535

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

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