#C3B738#C3B738

#C3B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B738
RGB	rgb(195, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -10.11, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 63.34, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0342 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1547, 45.7562, 10.4573)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B738 #3844C3

analogous

#C37238 #C3B738 #8AC338

triadic

#C3B738 #38C3B7 #B738C3

tetradic

#C3B738 #38C372 #3844C3 #C3388A

square

#C3B738 #38C372 #3844C3 #C3388A

split-complementary

#C3B738 #388AC3 #7238C3

monochromatic

#645E1D #938A2A #C3B738 #D3C965 #E1DA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C3B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C3B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B738

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B738	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)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc77',
    500: '#c3b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b738;
$custom-light: #d9cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B738

secondary

#8B91CC

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B738

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

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