#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
RGBrgb(195, 184, 54)
HSLhsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(55, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.64, -10.72, 63.51)
CIE-LCHlch(73.64, 64.41, 99.58°)
OKLaboklab(76.91% -0.0361 0.1404)
OKLCHoklch(76.91% 0.145 104.4)
XYZxyz(40.3137, 46.1510, 10.2738)
Luminance0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3B8361.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

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

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#C3B836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva