#C3B640#C3B640

#C3B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B640
RGB	rgb(195, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -9.18, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 59.91, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0307 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(40.1607, 45.4298, 11.5029)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B640 #404DC3

analogous

#C37440 #C3B640 #8EC340

triadic

#C3B640 #40C3B6 #B640C3

tetradic

#C3B640 #40C374 #404DC3 #C3408E

square

#C3B640 #40C374 #404DC3 #C3408E

split-complementary

#C3B640 #408EC3 #7440C3

monochromatic

#686121 #978C2F #C3B640 #D2C86F #E0DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C3B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C3B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B640

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B640	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb7b',
    500: '#c3b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b640;
$custom-light: #d8cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.45428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B640

secondary

#9298CC

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B640

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

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