#C3B836#C3B836

#C3B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B836
RGB	rgb(195, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -10.72, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 64.41, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0361 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3137, 46.1510, 10.2738)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B836 #3641C3

analogous

#C37236 #C3B836 #88C336

triadic

#C3B836 #36C3B8 #B836C3

tetradic

#C3B836 #36C372 #3641C3 #C33688

square

#C3B836 #36C372 #3641C3 #C33688

split-complementary

#C3B836 #3688C3 #7236C3

monochromatic

#635E1B #938B29 #C3B836 #D4CB63 #E1DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C3B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C3B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B836

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B836	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd76',
    500: '#c3b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b836;
$custom-light: #d9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76912,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B836

secondary

#898ECC

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B836

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

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