#C3B53D#C3B53D

#C3B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B53D
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -8.82, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 60.75, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.03 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8735, 44.9884, 10.9973)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B53D #3D4BC3

analogous

#C3723D #C3B53D #8EC33D

triadic

#C3B53D #3DC3B5 #B53DC3

tetradic

#C3B53D #3DC372 #3D4BC3 #C33D8E

square

#C3B53D #3DC372 #3D4BC3 #C33D8E

split-complementary

#C3B53D #3D8EC3 #723DC3

monochromatic

#665F20 #958A2E #C3B53D #D1C76C #E0D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C3B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B53D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B53D	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca79',
    500: '#c3b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b53d;
$custom-light: #d9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B53D

secondary

#9096CC

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B53D

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

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