#C3B635#C3B635

#C3B635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B635
RGB	rgb(195, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -9.74, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 64.09, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0334 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8780, 45.3167, 10.0139)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B635 #3542C3

analogous

#C36F35 #C3B635 #89C335

triadic

#C3B635 #35C3B6 #B635C3

tetradic

#C3B635 #35C36F #3542C3 #C33589

square

#C3B635 #35C36F #3542C3 #C33589

split-complementary

#C3B635 #3589C3 #6F35C3

monochromatic

#635C1B #938928 #C3B635 #D4CA61 #E1DA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C3B635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C3B635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B635

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B635	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb75',
    500: '#c3b635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b635;
$custom-light: #d9cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B635

secondary

#888ECC

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B635

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

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