#C3B751#C3B751

#C3B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.124 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B751
RGB	rgb(195, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -8.59, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 52.99, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0271 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.124 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9258, 46.0647, 14.5186)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B751 #515DC3

analogous

#C37E51 #C3B751 #96C351

triadic

#C3B751 #51C3B7 #B751C3

tetradic

#C3B751 #51C37E #515DC3 #C35196

square

#C3B751 #51C37E #515DC3 #C35196

split-complementary

#C3B751 #5196C3 #7E51C3

monochromatic

#726A27 #A09537 #C3B751 #D3CA7F #E2DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C3B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C3B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B751

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B751	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.124 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cc85',
    500: '#c3b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b751;
$custom-light: #d8cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B751

secondary

#A0A5D0

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B751

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

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