#C3B649#C3B649

#C3B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B649
RGB	rgb(195, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -8.63, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 56.15, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0281 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4378, 45.5406, 12.9622)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B649 #4956C3

analogous

#C37949 #C3B649 #93C349

triadic

#C3B649 #49C3B6 #B649C3

tetradic

#C3B649 #49C379 #4956C3 #C34993

square

#C3B649 #49C379 #4956C3 #C34993

split-complementary

#C3B649 #4993C3 #7949C3

monochromatic

#6E6624 #9C9033 #C3B649 #D2C877 #E1DBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C3B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C3B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B649

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B649	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb80',
    500: '#c3b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b649;
$custom-light: #d8cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76641,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B649

secondary

#999FCE

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B649

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

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