#C3B845#C3B845

#C3B845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B845
RGB	rgb(195, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -9.91, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 58.58, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0322 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7219, 46.3143, 12.4236)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B845 #4550C3

analogous

#C37945 #C3B845 #8FC345

triadic

#C3B845 #45C3B8 #B845C3

tetradic

#C3B845 #45C379 #4550C3 #C3458F

square

#C3B845 #45C379 #4550C3 #C3458F

split-complementary

#C3B845 #458FC3 #7945C3

monochromatic

#6B6523 #999031 #C3B845 #D2CA73 #E1DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C3B845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C3B845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B845

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B845	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd7e',
    500: '#c3b845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b845;
$custom-light: #d8cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77029,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B845

secondary

#969BCE

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B845

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

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