#C3B538#C3B538

#C3B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B538
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -9.08, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 62.66, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0313 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7451, 44.9370, 10.3208)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B538 #3846C3

analogous

#C37038 #C3B538 #8CC338

triadic

#C3B538 #38C3B5 #B538C3

tetradic

#C3B538 #38C370 #3846C3 #C3388C

square

#C3B538 #38C370 #3846C3 #C3388C

split-complementary

#C3B538 #388CC3 #7038C3

monochromatic

#645D1D #93892A #C3B538 #D3C865 #E1D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C3B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B538

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B538	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca77',
    500: '#c3b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b538;
$custom-light: #d9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B538

secondary

#8B92CC

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B538

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

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