#C3B536#C3B536

#C3B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B536
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -9.18, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 63.40, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0317 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.142 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6971, 44.9179, 10.0683)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B536 #3644C3

analogous

#C36F36 #C3B536 #8BC336

triadic

#C3B536 #36C3B5 #B536C3

tetradic

#C3B536 #36C36F #3644C3 #C3368B

square

#C3B536 #36C36F #3644C3 #C3368B

split-complementary

#C3B536 #368BC3 #6F36C3

monochromatic

#635C1B #938929 #C3B536 #D4C863 #E1D992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C3B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B536

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B536	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)

#C6AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca76',
    500: '#c3b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b536;
$custom-light: #d9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76271,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B536

secondary

#8990CC

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B536

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

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