#C3B548#C3B548

#C3B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B548
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -8.17, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 56.22, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0269 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(40.2008, 45.1193, 12.7210)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B548 #4856C3

analogous

#C37848 #C3B548 #93C348

triadic

#C3B548 #48C3B5 #B548C3

tetradic

#C3B548 #48C378 #4856C3 #C34893

square

#C3B548 #48C378 #4856C3 #C34893

split-complementary

#C3B548 #4893C3 #7848C3

monochromatic

#6D6524 #9B8F33 #C3B548 #D2C876 #E1DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C3B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C3B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B548

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B548	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)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca80',
    500: '#c3b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b548;
$custom-light: #d8ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76419,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.45118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B548

secondary

#999FCE

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B548

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

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