#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
RGBrgb(195, 181, 53)
HSLhsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.83, -9.22, 63.09)
CIE-LCHlch(72.83, 63.76, 98.32°)
OKLaboklab(76.26% -0.032 0.1393)
OKLCHoklch(76.26% 0.143 102.9)
XYZxyz(39.6739, 44.9086, 9.9459)
Luminance0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3B5351.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

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

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#C3B535 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva