#C3B736#C3B736

#C3B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B736
RGB	rgb(195, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -10.21, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 64.07, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0346 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1067, 45.7370, 10.2048)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B736 #3642C3

analogous

#C37136 #C3B736 #89C336

triadic

#C3B736 #36C3B7 #B736C3

tetradic

#C3B736 #36C371 #3642C3 #C33689

square

#C3B736 #36C371 #3642C3 #C33689

split-complementary

#C3B736 #3689C3 #7136C3

monochromatic

#635D1B #938A29 #C3B736 #D4CA63 #E1DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C3B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C3B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B736

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B736	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc76',
    500: '#c3b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b736;
$custom-light: #d9cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76698,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B736

secondary

#898FCC

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B736

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

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