#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
RGBrgb(195, 183, 56)
HSLhsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(55, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.39, -10.11, 62.53)
CIE-LCHlch(73.39, 63.34, 99.19°)
OKLaboklab(76.71% -0.0342 0.1387)
OKLCHoklch(76.71% 0.143 103.8)
XYZxyz(40.1547, 45.7562, 10.4573)
Luminance0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3B7381.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

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

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#C3B738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva