#C3B545#C3B545

#C3B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B545
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -8.36, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 57.50, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0278 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1053, 45.0811, 12.2181)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B545 #4553C3

analogous

#C37645 #C3B545 #92C345

triadic

#C3B545 #45C3B5 #B545C3

tetradic

#C3B545 #45C376 #4553C3 #C34592

square

#C3B545 #45C376 #4553C3 #C34592

split-complementary

#C3B545 #4592C3 #7645C3

monochromatic

#6B6323 #998E31 #C3B545 #D2C773 #E1DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C3B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B545

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B545	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7e',
    500: '#c3b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b545;
$custom-light: #d8ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B545

secondary

#969CCE

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B545

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

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