#C3B642#C3B642

#C3B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B642
RGB	rgb(195, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -9.06, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 59.10, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0301 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2186, 45.4530, 11.8080)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B642 #424FC3

analogous

#C37542 #C3B642 #8FC342

triadic

#C3B642 #42C3B6 #B642C3

tetradic

#C3B642 #42C375 #424FC3 #C3428F

square

#C3B642 #42C375 #424FC3 #C3428F

split-complementary

#C3B642 #428FC3 #7542C3

monochromatic

#696221 #988D30 #C3B642 #D2C870 #E0DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C3B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C3B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B642

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B642	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)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb7c',
    500: '#c3b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b642;
$custom-light: #d8cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76577,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B642

secondary

#949ACD

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B642

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

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