#C3B83B#C3B83B
#C3B83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3B83B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 184, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 54%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 70%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 69.7%, 23.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.68, -10.48, 61.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.68, 62.56, 99.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.95% -0.0349 0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.95% 0.142 104.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.4372, 46.2004, 10.9244) |
| Luminance | 0.4620 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.02
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.72
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.15
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.48
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.70
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3B83B #3B46C3
analogous
#C3743B #C3B83B #8AC33B
triadic
#C3B83B #3BC3B8 #B83BC3
tetradic
#C3B83B #3BC374 #3B46C3 #C33B8A
square
#C3B83B #3BC374 #3B46C3 #C33B8A
split-complementary
#C3B83B #3B8AC3 #743BC3
monochromatic
#655F1F #948C2D #C3B83B #D2C969 #E0DA98
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#C3B83B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.24
#C3B83B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3B83B
10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3B83B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3B83B | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.24 | 10.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B228
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB843
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1AB9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3b83b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 184, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 104.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9cd79',
500: '#c3b83b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3b83b; $custom-light: #d9cd79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3b83b",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 184,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.147,
"s": 53.543,
"l": 49.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76947,
"c": 0.14178,
"h": 104.2
},
"luminance": 0.46199
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3B83B
secondary
#8E93CC
accent
#57DD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B