#C3B540#C3B540

#C3B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B540
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -8.66, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 59.56, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0292 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9566, 45.0217, 11.4348)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B540 #404EC3

analogous

#C37340 #C3B540 #8FC340

triadic

#C3B540 #40C3B5 #B540C3

tetradic

#C3B540 #40C373 #404EC3 #C3408F

square

#C3B540 #40C373 #404EC3 #C3408F

split-complementary

#C3B540 #408FC3 #7340C3

monochromatic

#686021 #978B2F #C3B540 #D2C76F #E0D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C3B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B540

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B540	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)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7b',
    500: '#c3b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b540;
$custom-light: #d8ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76347,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B540

secondary

#9299CC

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B540

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

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