#C3B837#C3B837

#C3B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.144 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B837
RGB	rgb(195, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -10.68, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 64.04, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0359 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.144 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3374, 46.1605, 10.3988)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B837 #3742C3

analogous

#C37237 #C3B837 #88C337

triadic

#C3B837 #37C3B8 #B837C3

tetradic

#C3B837 #37C372 #3742C3 #C33788

square

#C3B837 #37C372 #3742C3 #C33788

split-complementary

#C3B837 #3788C3 #7237C3

monochromatic

#645E1C #938B2A #C3B837 #D3CB64 #E1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C3B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C3B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B837

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B837	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)

#C8B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd76',
    500: '#c3b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b837;
$custom-light: #d9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B837

secondary

#8A8FCC

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B837

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

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