#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
RGBrgb(195, 181, 58)
HSLhsl(54, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(54, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.86, -8.98, 61.26)
CIE-LCHlch(72.86, 61.91, 98.34°)
OKLaboklab(76.3% -0.0308 0.1364)
OKLCHoklch(76.3% 0.14 102.7)
XYZxyz(39.7950, 44.9570, 10.5836)
Luminance0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C3B53A1.002.109.999.99
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9921.001.001.00
##0000009.9921.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B53A

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#C3B53A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva