#C3B552#C3B552

#C3B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B552
RGB	rgb(195, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -7.48, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 51.78, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0238 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5540, 45.2606, 14.5810)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B552 #5260C3

analogous

#C37D52 #C3B552 #99C352

triadic

#C3B552 #52C3B5 #B552C3

tetradic

#C3B552 #52C37D #5260C3 #C35299

square

#C3B552 #52C37D #5260C3 #C35299

split-complementary

#C3B552 #5299C3 #7D52C3

monochromatic

#736A28 #A09338 #C3B552 #D3C87F #E3DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C3B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C3B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B552

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B552	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca86',
    500: '#c3b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b552;
$custom-light: #d8ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B552

secondary

#A0A6D0

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B552

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

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