#C3B53B#C3B53B
#C3B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3B53B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 181, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 54%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 70%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 69.7%, 23.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.87, -8.93, 60.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.87, 61.53, 98.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.31% -0.0305 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.31% 0.139 102.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.8207, 44.9673, 10.7188) |
| Luminance | 0.4497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.29
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.83
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 4.35
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.52
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.76
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3B53B #3B49C3
analogous
#C3713B #C3B53B #8DC33B
triadic
#C3B53B #3BC3B5 #B53BC3
tetradic
#C3B53B #3BC371 #3B49C3 #C33B8D
square
#C3B53B #3BC371 #3B49C3 #C33B8D
split-complementary
#C3B53B #3B8DC3 #713BC3
monochromatic
#655E1F #94892D #C3B53B #D2C769 #E0D998
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#C3B53B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#C3B53B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3B53B
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3B53B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3B53B | 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)
#C5AF28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB643
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A89D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3b53b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9ca78',
500: '#c3b53b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3b53b; $custom-light: #d9ca78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3b53b",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 181,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.824,
"s": 53.543,
"l": 49.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76307,
"c": 0.13911,
"h": 102.7
},
"luminance": 0.44966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3B53B
secondary
#8E94CC
accent
#5ADD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B