#C3B53A#C3B53A
#C3B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3B53A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 181, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 54%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 70%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 70.3%, 23.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.86, -8.98, 61.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.86, 61.91, 98.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.3% -0.0308 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.3% 0.14 102.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.7950, 44.9570, 10.5836) |
| Luminance | 0.4496 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.20
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.76
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 4.29
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.45
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.68
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3B53A #3A48C3
analogous
#C3713A #C3B53A #8CC33A
triadic
#C3B53A #3AC3B5 #B53AC3
tetradic
#C3B53A #3AC371 #3A48C3 #C33A8C
square
#C3B53A #3AC371 #3A48C3 #C33A8C
split-complementary
#C3B53A #3A8CC3 #713AC3
monochromatic
#655D1E #94892C #C3B53A #D2C768 #E0D997
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#C3B53A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#C3B53A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3B53A
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3B53A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3B53A | 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)
#C5AF27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB642
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A89D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3b53a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9ca78',
500: '#c3b53a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3b53a; $custom-light: #d9ca78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3b53a",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 181,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.869,
"s": 54.15,
"l": 49.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76299,
"c": 0.13978,
"h": 102.7
},
"luminance": 0.44955
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3B53A
secondary
#8D93CC
accent
#59DE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B